WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/15
30 March 2001
(01-1630)
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:   Commodity Board for Soft Drinks and Waters
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):   Roll containers, carbonic
acid cylinders and carbonic acid cartridges used in the wholesale drinks trade
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Third Amendment to
the Implementing Decree on Deposits on Wholesale Packaging 1997
6. Description of content:   The present Amendment to the Regulation on Deposits on
Wholesale Packaging 1997 serves to regulate the transition from deposits in guilders to
deposits in euros with respect to roll containers, carbonic acid cylinders and carbonic acidcartidges used in the wholesale drinks trade.  Th e opportunity is also taken to slightly adjust
the amount of the deposits.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
On 1 January 2002, deposits on roll containers, carbonic acid cylinders and carbonic acid
cartridges shall be transposed from Dutch guil ders to euros.  The reasons for using this
adjustment as an opportunity to slightly raise the amount of the deposit are based on the factthat in recent years the market value of containers, cylinders and cartridges has increased.
The new deposit in euros reflects this higher market value.
8. Relevant documents:
- Industrial Organisation Act
- Order establishing the commodity board for soft drinks and waters- Order on deposits on wholesale packaging 1997
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 June 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 September 2001
10. Final date for comments:   6 June 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:           