WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.150
29May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2013)
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 ofHealth, Welfare andSports
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): Allproducts intended to
come intophysical contact withhumans other thaninatransitory manner andwhich
contain certain azodyes, suchdyespossibly forming thecarcinogenic aromatic amines
contained inthedraftRegulation.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: (Draft) Food and
Drugs Regulation Governing Certain AzoDyes
6. Description ofcontent: Theproposed interim Ministerial Regulation based onArticle 15
oftheFood andDrugs Actprohibits thetrade intheproducts listed under point 4.
7. Objective andrationale: Thetrade banhasbeenproposed following scientific research
which showed thatcertain azodyes inproducts listed under point 4may form
carcinogenic compounds (the aromatic amines contained inAppendix 1tothe
Regulation). With aviewtopublic health safety atahighlevel, trade intheproducts in
question isdeemed unacceptable.
8. Relevant documents: Notapplicable
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1August 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 12July1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: