. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NLD/55/Rev.1
31 October 2002
(02-6024)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Revision
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Herbal preparations (as for instances  this circulation under CN Headings 1211,
2104 & 2106.  Subheading 1211 90 98) containing Piper methysticum :  ICS 67.220.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   All
countries.
5. Title , language and number of pages of the notified document:  Decree amending the
Commodities Act Decree on herbal preparations.
6. Description of content:  Further to the text notified in G/SPS/N/NLD/55 (4 April 2001) this
draft Decree prohibits the trading in herbal prep arations which contain material that wholly or
partly originates from the herb Kava kava ( Piper methysticum ).
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Commodities Act
Decree on herbal preparations
10. Proposed date of adoption:   1 November 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   15 November 2002G/SPS/N/NLD/55/Rev.1
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12. Final date for comments:   1 November 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: