WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.360
14October 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-4224)
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 ofHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Thedraft ofthe
Multi-Year PlanonHazardous Waste II(MJP-GA II)contains technical regulations in
theform ofminimum (technical) standards fortreating andprocessing hazardous waste.
These minimum standards areincluded inthesector plans under theheading
"Treating/Processing" (from page48onwards).
Ageneral introduction totheprinciple ofhowtheminimum standards work is
described onpage34etseq.andonpage43,inparticular.
Inaddition, thesector plan"Waste tobeincinerated" indicates thetechnical
criteria onthebasis ofwhich theincineration of(hazardous) waste isdeemed asauseful
application orasfinal removal, asspecified inAppendix IIbandAppendix IIa
respectively oftheFramework Directive onwaste (75/442).
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft ofMulti-Year
PlanonHazardous Waste II(Dutch designation: MJP-GA II)
6. Description ofcontent: TheMJP-GA constitutes alegally binding framework forthe
provinces andtheMinistry ofHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment when
granting licences andassessing notifications under Regulation 259/93/EEC. Thisplanis
revised every fouryears. Thedraft ofthefirstcomprehensive revision hasnowbeen
submitted. TheMJP-GA IIspecifies minimum standards fortheprocessing ofhazardous
waste. Only companies which meet aminimum standard willqualify foralicence
allowing them totreatorprocess arelevant category ofwaste intheNetherlands.
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
Furthermore, criteria arelisted forthewaste tobeincinerated (theconditions
under which theincineration isconsidered recovery orfinaldisposal). Animportant
amendment tothefirstMJP-GA isthatinthecaseoftransport forrecovery, theideaof
national self-sufficiency hasbeenabandoned. Thishasled,amongst other things, tothe
scrapping ofcapacity testswhen licences aregranted totreatment andprocessing plant in
theNetherlands.
7. Objective andrationale: Theminimum standards arebased onanEIS(Environmental
Impact Statement) inwhich theoverall environmental effects ofprocessing options have
beencompared foralarge number ofcategories ofwaste bymeans ofanlca(lifecycle
analysis). Usually, themost environmentally-friendly alternative hasbeen opted for,
provided ithasbeenadequately documented andisoperational. Thepoint ofdeparture
usedwhen differentiating between recovery andfinaldisposal hasbeen: iftheprimary
objective ofincineration istoreduce thevolume orthemass ofhazardous
characteristics, thenthisisacaseoffinaldisposal; theother cases aredesignated as
recovery.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) TheEnvironmental Management Actcontains theobligation todraw up
aNational Environmental Policy Planatleast once every fouryears.
TheMJP-GA istobedrafted onthebasis ofthisplan.
(b) AnEIShasbeendrafted forthisMJP-GA, suchEIShasbeensubmitted
together withthedraft MJP-GA IIforpursual. Theresults oftheEIS
havebeenincorporated inthedraftMJP-GA.
(c) Atrend study hasalsobeencarried out. Thiscontains forecasts ofthe
supply ofhazardous waste fortheperiod 1993-2005. Thistrend study
hasbeenappended tothedraftMJP-GA.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 3October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: