WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.498
24September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3942)
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 ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries
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): Guns, ammunition
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation onHunting
Weapons andAmmunition
6. Description ofcontent: The draft Regulation determines which requirements
sporting-guns andammunition must comply withinorder tobeusedinhunting.
7. Objective andrationale: Animal welfare
8. Relevant documents: Article 22,firstparagraph, subsection a,fourth andeighth
paragraph, oftheHunting Act.Asfarastheconsequences oftheprohibition ontheuse
ofleadshotareconcerned, reference ismade totheexplanatory noteontheRegulation
of27February 1991 (Official Gazette 46).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 2November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 3November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 1November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: