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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.57
2March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0435)
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): Theorder implementing
thebuilding materials resolution gives further details ofanumber ofsubdivisions ofthe
draft building materials resolution. This resolution concerns granular (both primary
andsecondary) building materials only.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Order Implementing theBuilding
Materials Resolution
6. Description ofcontent: TheOrder Implementing theBuilding Materials Resolution is
based onthebuilding materials resolution. Inimplementation ofthenational
environmental policy plan, thebuilding materials resolution specifies thepreconditions
relating toenvironmental hygiene fortheuseofresidues andwaste products asbuilding
materials. Thisisdesigned ontheonehand toencourage recycling andontheother to
prevent further cases ofwater/soil pollution. TheOrder Implementing theBuilding
Materials Resolution laysdown additional technical regulations detailing more generally
worded rules inthebuilding materials resolution. Theregulation concerns:
(a) determining whether amaterial canberegarded asabuilding material andasa
result becovered bythebuilding materials resolution;
(b) determining whether ornotabuilding material hasbeenformed inconjunction
withthedistinction made inthebuilding materials resolution between formed
andnon-formed building materials;
(c) determining thecomposition ofclear ground inconjunction withthedistinction
made inthebuilding materials resolution between clean andunclean ground;
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(d) determining theemissions inthesoilandsurface water asaconsequence ofthe
emission ofpolluted materials from category Iandcategory IIbuilding materials
inconjunction withthetesting oftheuseofthese building materials forthe
emission limitvalues given inthebuilding materials resolution; and
(e) theisolation measures which must betaken inaccordance with thebuilding
materials resolution intheevent ofuseofcategory IIbuilding materials andone
ortwospecific building materials.
TheOrder Implementing theBuilding Materials Resolution alsocontains asmall
number ofimplementation provisions. TheOrder Implementing theBuilding Materials
Resolution willbesupplemented atalaterdatebyanumber oftechnical regulations
concerning, amongst other things, thedefinition oftheposition ofbuilding materials, see
thecurrently blank chapters andparagraphs oftheregulation. Induecourse this
so-called second block willalsobere-notified.
7. Objective andrationale: TheOrder Implementing theBuilding Materials Resolution is
essential fortheintroduction ofthebuilding materials resolution anditspractical
operation.
8. Relevant documents: TheOrder Implementing theBuilding Materials Resolution refers
tothedocuments mentioned intheattached list.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 3November 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 20April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: