WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/35
1 November 2001
(01-5379)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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 Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   Animals and plants
belonging to protected indigenous and exotic animal and plant species and the products of
these animals and plants.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation on the
Designation of Protected Animal and Plan t Species under the Flora and Fauna Act
6. Description of content:   In connection with Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Flora and Fauna Act
and by way of implementation of the Comm unity Decisions, Directives 79/409/EEG,
92/43/EEG, 83/129/EEG and Regulations EG /338/97, EG/939/97 and EG/3051/91 the
present Regulation designates protected indigenous and exotic animal and plant species.
With regard to animals and plants belonging to these species, the bans on the possession,transport and trade, included in Article 13 of the Flora and Fauna Act apply among others.
These bans must be read in conjunction with the exemptions included in the Regulation
exemption protected animal and plant species under the Flora and Fauna Act.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
By designating the protected indigenous and exotic animal and plant species, referred to
under point 6, these species are brought under the protection regime of the Flora and FaunaAct.
8. Relevant documents:   Flora and Fauna Act, especially Articles 3, 4, 5, 13 and 14(3)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }January 2002
10. Final date for comments:   11 December 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           