./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NLD/34
14 October 1998
(98-3963)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited
with the WTO.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
Processed animal proteins (and product of destruction process) which are intended as raw
material in animal feed
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:   Cattle Feed Regulation on the
Trade in Animal Proteins 1997
5. Description of content:
The purport of the Regulation is to partly implement article 4 and appendix 1, chapter 6,
Section v of Directive 92/118/EEC.  Alongsid e this, the same requirements apply as for
companies which sell animal proteins as part of their business transactions, pursuant to the
Regulation for Dutch companies which trade in animal proteins within the Netherlands.
The Regulation also contains a recognition scheme for Dutch companies which store,
tranship and decontaminate processed animal proteins.  For this category of companies,
there are administrative obligations and general conditions in terms of company
organization, management and hygiene.
6. Objective and rationale:  The aim of the Regulation is to ensure that, by means of
additional guarantees, only animal proteins are sold within the Netherlands and exported
from the Netherlands which  meet the Community registration requirements.  TheRegulation also aims to ensure that re-contamination of processed animal proteins is
prevented or ruled out.
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [ X ].
If an international standard, guideline or  recommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Underlying
legislation:  Industrial Organization Act and Regulation establishing arable marketing
boards
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End of November 1998
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 December 1998G/SPS/N/NLD/34
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11. Final date for comments:  25 November 1998
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:   National Enquiry Point
12. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telefax number and
E-mail address (if available) of other body:            