WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.319
2July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2734)
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: Commodity Board forSoftDrinks andWaters
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
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): Syrups, fruitsorbets,
non-alcoholic liqueurs andnon-alcoholic aperitifs, aswellas,basesyrups andpowders
toprepare softdrinks
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Group Exemption
from Deposit Regulation onSoftDrinks andWaters 1997 (1page, available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthegroup exemption istokeepthepackaging of
syrups, fruitsorbets, non-alcoholic liqueurs andnon-alcoholic aperitifs andbasesyrups
andpowders toprepare softdrinks outside thescope ofthedeposit obligation. These
products have never been subject tothedeposit obligation forsoftdrinks andwater.
Group exemption isgranted, provided thatthesingle-use packaging isnotadvertised.
Also, importers areadvised andnational manufacturers obliged toindicate thewords "no
deposit" onthelabelinorder tofacilitate thelogistic handling ofthepackaging.
7. Objective andrationale: Seeunder 8
8. Relevant documents:
- Regulation establishing theSoftDrinks andWaters Commodity Board
- Industrial Organization Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 5September 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: