RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.59
2March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0437)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry forHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Wood-burning stoves
whose nominal loadislessthan18kW
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Council Order Concerning
theType Approval ofWood-burning Stoves inRespect ofAirPollution byCarbon
Monoxide (10pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Onthebasis ofthismeasure, wood-burning stoves whose
emission, asdetermined according totheGerman DIN-method, exceeds 2g/m3shallno
longer beallowed forsale.
7. Objective andrationale: Apolicy regarding theemission ofpolycyclic aromatic carbons
(PACs) intotheenvironment hasbeen launched intheNetherlands -within the
PARCON-framework, thispolicy hasbeenagreed atinternational level. Wood-burning
stoves contribute totheemission ofPACs, theextent ofwhich isdetermined bythetype
ofmaterial burnt inthestove, thewayinwhich thestove isusedandtheconstruction of
thestove inuse. Regarding thefirsttwoaspects, efforts aremade toraise awareness
amongst theconsumers toensure theenvironmentally-friendly useofthestove,
especially byproviding information. Thepresent order hasbeendrafted toaddress the
third aspect which deals with theconstruction ofwood-burning stoves. Theorder
provides that,within theframework ofacompulsory typeapproval ofthewood-burning
stove, certain (construction) requirements have been prescribed limiting the
maximum level ofcarbon monoxide emission (CO). Thiswasdone because there isa
correlation between theemission ofCOandtheemission ofPACs, andPAC
measurements generate fargreater expense thanthose forCO. Itisnecessary todraft
these regulations inorder tobring about thereduction inemission levels. The
construction ofwood-burning stoves canonlybeimproved bymeans oftypeapprovals.
Other methods, suchastheprovision ofinformation orvoluntary arrangements within
therelevant sector haveproved ineffective inthiscontext.
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8. Relevant documents: TheActonAirPollution; TheEnvironmental Protection Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 31October 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 20April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: