. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99/571
19 November 1999
(99-5052)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   National Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Milk and milk products
for consumption, specialist products, butter, cheese, quark and condensed milk.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation
Amending(2) the Dairy Products Regulation 1997 Concerning Milk, Milk Products and
Dairy Products.
6. Description of content:   In the scope of the Market Forces, Deregulation and Legislative
Quality Project, the Marketing Board for Dair y Products has included in the Dairy Products
Regulation 1997 concerning milk, milk products and dairy products (notified under number
97/0857/NL), regulations relating to milk, milk products and dairy products whose
implementation was considered to be necessary.  Provisions relating to labelling, contentcapacity, and the product temperatures of dairy products are included in the Regulation.  As
a consequence of Article 6 of the Dairy Products Regulation 1997 concerning milk, milk
products and dairy products, these provisions do not apply to goods that originate from aMember State of the European Union, and ha ve been brought onto the market there in
accordance with the law.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   In
the meantime, practice has shown that there is a need within the industry for a content
capacity of 330 ml for dairy products.  In the case of the present draft Regulation thiscontent capacity is added to the series of existing content capacities.  For the record it is
noted that the provision relating to mutual recognition included in Article 6 of the Dairy
Products Regulation 1997 concerning milk, milk products and dairy products also applies tothis content capacity of 330 ml.
8. Relevant documents:   Dairy Products Regulation 1997 concerning milk, milk products and
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  24 December 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2000
10. Final date for comments:   21 December 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           