WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.470
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3896)
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): Trawl-nets
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation onthe
Exemption ofTrawl-Net Fisheries
6. Description ofcontent: Pursuant toArticle 6c,firstparagraph, oftheSeaandCoastal
Fishing Scheme 1977, itisforbidden tofishwithbeam trawls using anyvessel other
thanafishing vessel ortohave such fishing gearonboard anyvessel other thana
fishing vessel. Pursuant toArticle 7oftheDecision onfishing, thefishing zone, sea
areaandcoastal waters, fishing withanytypeoffishing geardesigned tocatch shrimps
isforbidden inthefishing zone, seaareaandthecoastal waters. Finally, pursuant to
Article 3,firstparagraph, oftheLimitation ofCatches Scheme, itisforbidden tofish
forspecific species offishusing trawl-nets, stownetsonstakes, Danish seines orsimilar
netswithvessels other thanfishing vessels andtohave netsofthistypeonboard a
vessel other thanafishing vessel. Thepresent scheme grants exemption from theabove
fishing bans. Insodoing, Regulations areimposed with regard todimensions and
distinguishing marks ofthefishing geartobeused.
7. Objective andrationale: Environment protection (maintenance offishstocks) andnature
conservation.
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8. Relevant documents:
-Articles 6cand6doftheSeaandCoastal Fishing Scheme 1977;
-Article 7oftheDecision ontheFishing Zone, SeaArea andCoastal Waters;
-Article 3andAppendices 2,3and4oftheLimitation ofCatches Scheme.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 27October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 28October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45daysifno
comments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit have been received from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: