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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.167
30May1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1427)
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 ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries
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): Poultry meat, eggs.
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Regulation onIntegral Chain
Control andSalmonella Control -Poultry Sector peob/loc 1995 (38pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepresent regulations contain anintegral chain control system
which encompasses theentire hatching-egg andegg-producing column, including layer
farms andpacking stations andthemeat-production column, right from thebreeding
farmthrough tothehatchery. Inthisway, weaimtoachieve ahigher level ofquality,
onavoluntary basis, thanislegally required.
7. Objective andrationale: Increase inquality
8. Relevant documents: Business Organization Act1950, Establishment Act-Poultry and
Eggs Commodity Board
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1August 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 20July1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: