WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.68
28March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1110)
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 ofHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Wood-burning stoves
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Type Approval
Regulation onWood-Burning Stoves Causing AirPollution intheForm ofCarbon
Monoxide
6. Description ofcontent: Inview oftheemission ofpolycyclical aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAC), theOrder ontypeapproval ofwood-burning stoves causing airpollution inthe
form ofcarbon monoxide stipulates that,following theentry intoforce oftheOrder,
wood-burning stoves shallnolonger bemanufactured orimported intheNetherlands if
these arenotofanapproved type. During theapproval procedure, itwillbeassessed
whether awood-burning stove meets thelimit values interms ofcarbon monoxide
emission. Therelevant standards havebeenincluded intheOrder; these arebased on
DINStandards 18891 and18895. With regard tomeasuring procedures, thisRegulation
makes reference tothesaidDINStandards.
7. Objective andrationale: Ithasproved necessary from anenvironmental health point of
view tosubject theemission ofcarbon monoxide (CO) from wood-burning stoves to
requirements, since highemission levels ofCOareaccompanied bytheemission of
considerable amounts ofPAC. Theemission ofPAC byhouseholds istobehalved,
alsowithin theframework ofOsPar. Wood-burning stoves arethemain source within
households.
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8. Relevant documents:
(a) Order onthetypeapproval ofwood-burning stoves causing airpollution inthe
form ofcarbon monoxide.
Note: Theexplanatory notetothenotified version ofthisOrder specifies DIN
Standard 18890 instead ofDINStandard 18895. Thismistake hassince
beencorrected.
(b) AirPollution Act.
(c) DINStandards 18891 and18895.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 1September 1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 29May1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: