RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/NLD/1
20March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0595)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofPublic Health, Welfare andSports
3. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Pesticide residues
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Amendment order onpesticide
residues (29pages)
5. Description ofcontent: Thepurport ofthepresent regulation istoadapt theorder on
pesticide residues asaresult of:
(a)extending, limiting andwithdrawing existing national licences forvarious pesticides;
(b)granting newlicences forpesticides;
(c)granting requests toestablish apermitted maximum residue content forproducts to
beimported intotheNetherlands (import tolerance threshold);
(d)extending thenumber ofpesticides forwhich maximum permitted values cannow
beestablished, based onresidual datawhich havenowbecome available;
(e)afewcorrections/additions andamendments inrespect ofaltered methods ofanalysis
forestablishing maximum permitted residues.
6. Objective andrationale:
Theaimoftheorder onpesticide residues, from thepoint ofview ofpublic health and
sound agricultural practice, istoindicate thepermitted quantity ofpesticide residues on
food anddrink products. Theenclosed amendment is,forreasons specified under
point B,anadaptation ofpermitted quantities.
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7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents:
TheResidue Order andArticle 16ofthePesticides Act1962
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: 1June1995
10. Final date forcomments: 15May1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: