RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.55
2March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0433)
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):
(a) Sediment traps andfatseparators
(b) Sediment traps andoilseparators
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Governing theInclusion of
Regulations toDischarge Industrial Effluent intoPublic Sewers inaNumber ofOrders
inCouncil, Based onArticle 8.40oftheEnvironment Protection Act
6. Description ofcontent: Regulations governing industrial effluent inpublic sewers
originating from institutions (i.e.based onArticle 1.1,paragraph 3,wm. suitable
institutions) towhich general rules shallapply, pursuant toArticle 8.40wm.thepurport
oftheorder is,partly, toimplement Directive 91/271/EEC (ojec 1135) andpartly
relates totheissues connected therewith. Allorders contain articles toimplement
Article 11,paragraph 2,Directive 91/271/EEC (ojec 1135). Inaddition, industrial
effluent issubject totherequirement thatindustrial waste which canbekeptseparate
from industrial effluent cannot bedischarged intopublic sewers. Harmful waste
materials canbedischarged, insofarasthishasbeenexpressly permitted intherelevant
order. Inaddition, each order contains oneormore regulations which relate tothe
industry inquestion. Invariably, themaximum permitted concentration levelisreferred
to.Ifthisconcentration level cannot bemetwithout afacility istobeinstalled. Ifa
facility istobeinstalled, itistomeet therequirements contained intheorder. In
certain cases, themaximum permitted concentration level applies even when afacility
hasbeeninstalled, whilst inother cases, theinstallation ofthefacility maybesufficient.
Facilities prescribed bymayor andalderman inaccordance with thearticle which
implements article 11,para. 2,Directive 91/271/EEC (ojec 1135) toguarantee the
effective operation ofdrains andsewers, andtheeffluent purification installation (rwzi)
ortheprocessing ofdeposit originating from sewers ortherwzi.
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7. Objective andrationale: Inconnection withtheimplementation oftheDirective included
under 8.,themodel discharge regulation governing sewerage 1992 which, generally, has
been adopted bylocal authorities, either wholly orinpart, isbeing replaced bya
statutory system. This adjustment shall nothave anynegative effects onthe
environment.
8. Relevant documents: Reference documents:
1. Actof2November 1994, governing theamendment oftheenvironment actand
theactonthepollution ofsurface waters (effluent) (Law Gazette 798).
2. Model discharge regulation governing sewerage 1992, association ofDutch
municipalities.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 31August 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 20April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: