WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.349
15July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2958)
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): Pesticides andbiocides
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Containing
Amendments totheRegulation ontheComposition, Classification, Packaging and
Labelling ofPesticides andBiocides
6. Description ofcontent: Regulation concerning themaximum permissible levels ofactive
ingredients inpesticides andbiocides.
7. Objective andrationale: Annex 1,Section 1oftheRegulation onthecomposition,
classification, packaging andlabelling ofpesticides gives detailed requirements for
pesticides tocomply withbefore theycanbeauthorized bytheDutch authorities. Itis
forbidden todeliver, have, store, import intotheNetherlands ortouseunauthorized
pesticides.
8. Relevant documents: 1962 Pesticides Act,Regulation onthecomposition, classification,
packaging andlabelling ofpesticides andbiocides.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Assoonaspossible.
10. Final dateforcomments: 15August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: