WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.76
19February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0595)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth, Welfare andSport
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent 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 (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Cheese, goats cheese and
sheeps cheese, prepared using microbial rennet
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Article IBoftheDraft
Amendment totheCommodities ActDecree onDairy Produce
6. Description ofcontent: Article 5,paragraph 2,oftheCommodities ActDecree ondairy
produce specifies that,withregard tocheese, goats cheese andsheeps cheese which is
prepared using rennet ofmicrobial origin, within thesame sphere ofapplication asthe
designation commodity, thefollowing indications must beused: (a)vegetarian cheese;
and(b)prepared using microbial rennet. Saidprovision isnotdeemed applicable to
commodities intended forexport.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Those indications referred toinpoint 6make nopositive distinction incountries where
noregister ismade ofsaid indications. Thetechniques forthepreparation and
maturation ofcheese have, inthemeantime, been developed totheextent thatcheese
which isprepared using microbial rennet isnotqualitatively inferior tocheese prepared
using rennet. Inthelightoftheforegoing, ithasbeendecided thatArticle 5,paragraph
2oftheCommodities ActDecree shallnotapply tocommodities which areintended for
export.
8. Relevant documents: Commodities ActDecree onDairy Produce
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 25April 1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1May1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 20April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: