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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.58
2March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0436)
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): Portable motorized chain
saws
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Order inCouncil Concerning
theImplementation ofArticle 2oftheActonNoise Pollution withRelation totheNoise
Output ofMotorized Chain Saws (Order ontheNoise Output ofMotorized Chain Saws)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Order prohibits themanufacture orimport of
motorized chain saws ofanon-approved typeforindustrial use. Compliance ofeach
individual motorized chain sawwiththeapproved typeshall beshown byanoise logo
affixed tothetoolandbyacertificate which istoaccompany themotorized chain saw
permanently. Type approval isrefused ifthemotorized chain sawinquestion exceeds
themaximum permitted noise capacity level upon inspection. Thesystem oftype
approval isinkeeping with thesystem applicable inanumber ofECdirectives
governing noise output ofcertain appliances.
7. Objective andrationale: Thepurport ofthedraft Order istorestrict noise pollution
experienced within theimmediate surroundings asaresult oftheuseofmotorized chain
saws. Itdoesnotaimtoprotect theuserfrom theimpairment ofhearing. Thedraft
Order forms partoftheDutch policy which isaimed atcurbing noise pollution caused
byappliances (see: Action Programme Appliances -Noise 1990-2010, Parliamentary
Documents 111988/89, 20800,No.18). Motorized chain saws generate agreat deal
ofnoise (current level 103to118db.(a)) andtendtobeused atlocations withlow
background noise levels (parks andwoodland areas), thus constituting serious
disturbance within theimmediate surroundings.
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8. Relevant documents:
TheNoise Pollution Act;
TheEnvironmental Protection Act;
TheAction Programme -appliances -noise 1990-2010.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1October 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 20April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: