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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.23
8February 1995
ORGANIZATION Special Distribution
(95-0249)
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): Slaughtered poultry
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment 1994-1: Regulation
Governing Trading Standards Concerning Poultry forSlaughter. (2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Theregulation governing trading standards concerning PPE
poultry forslaughter prescribes, inrespect ofslaughtered poultry, compliance withthe
provisions contained inthe(EEC) Council Regulation No.1906/90, dated 26June1990
establishing trading standards forpoultry meat andtheimplementing regulations of
(EEC) Regulation No.1906/90. Additionally, thisregulation stipulates thattheEC
requirements inrespect ofthewater content donotonlyapply tochicks, butalsoto
chickens, cockerels andother poultry. Thepresent amendment regulation hasbeen
drafted inthelight ofthefactthatthe(EEC) Commission Regulation No.2891/93,
amending (EEC) Regulation No.1539/91, governing implementing provisions of(EEC)
Regulation No.1906/90 establishing trading standards formeat andpoultry, and
withdrawing (EEC) Regulations Nos. 2976/76 and2785/90 hascome intoforce.
7. Objective andrationale: Pursuant tothepresent Regulation, infringements ofthe
relevant ECregulations aredeemed punishable offences andthewater content
requirements aremade toapply tochickens, cockerels andother poultry.
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8. Relevant documents:
Business Organization Act1950;
Establishment Act-Commodity Board forPoultry andEggs;
Trading Standards Regulation Concerning PPEpoultry forslaughter.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 12April 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 1April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: