RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.6
22January 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0219)
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 ofEconomic Affairs
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): Articles ofprecious
metals
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Order Containing Stipulation of
Contents ontheBasis ofwhich Hallmarks areIssued Pursuant totheConvention ofthe
Control andMarking ofArticles ofPrecious Metals (available inEnglish, 3pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Order specifies contents of950/000 forplatinum,
750/000, 585/000 and375/000 forgold, 925/000, 830/000 and800/000 forsilver as
being thecontents onthebasis ofwhich hallmarks maybeissued intheNetherlands
pursuant totheConvention oftheControl andMarking ofArticles ofPrecious Metals.
Itisintended thattheOrder shallenter intoforce when theNetherlands accedes tothe
Convention. Forthesake ofcompleteness itisnoted thatanamendment ofthe
convention (13March 1992) stillremains tobeapproved bytheDutch Parliament.
7. Objective andrationale: Asearly as1993 provision wasmade inDutch legislation for
thepossible accession oftheNetherlands totheConvention oftheControl andMarking
ofArticles ofPrecious Metals. Theconsequences ofthejudgement intheHoutwipper
caseof15September 1994 (case c-293/93), European Court Reports 1994, I-4249) have
beentheprimary consideration behind thedecision toaccede totheConvention atthis
time. Asthisrelates toavoluntary system itwasdecided toindicate allthecontents
specified intheConvention.
8. Relevant documents: Hallmarks Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 31March 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 23February 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: