. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.580
26 November 1998
(98-4770)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  National Enquiry Point - EC WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  The requirements pertain to
non-reusable building and demolition waste and building and demolition waste which
cannot be incinerated.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulation on Non-
Reusable Building and Demolition Waste and Building and Demolition Waste whichCannot be Incinerated.
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this regulation is to implement article 6 of the
Decree banning the dumping of waste. The first paragraph of article 6 stipulates that the
cases in which building and demolition waste and the residues of processed building and
demolition waste are not reusable are indicated by ministerial regulation. The second
paragraph of this article also stipulates that the cases in which non-reusable building and
demolition waste and residues of processed building and demolition waste cannot beincinerated are indicated by ministerial regulation.
The present regulation aims to implement both paragraphs of article 6 of the Decree and, as
such, replaces the Regulation on non-reusable building and demolition waste (Off. Gaz.
1997, 245, see notification G/TBT/Notif.97.502).  The regulation lists categories which
cannot be reused and incinerated and contains a procedure to identify non-reusable building
and demolition waste and building and demolition waste which cannot be incinerated.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The
purpose of the regulation is to detail a principle contained in the Environmental
Management Act, which indicates that in the interest of environmental protection, dumping
waste is the least desired method of disposal. The regulation aims to prevent the dumping of
reusable waste and waste which can be incinerated (in this case building and demolition
waste).
8. Relevant documents:
- Environmental Management Act (articles 8.44 and 10.2)
- Decree banning the dumping of waste (article 6)G/TBT/Notif.98.580
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 February 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 June 1999
10. Final date for comments:  27 January 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           