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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.289
29September 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2875)
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 ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries
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): Liveanimals
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Order ontheSeparation of
Animals
6. Description ofcontent: TheOrder ontheSeparation ofAnimals specifies aminimum
ageforspecific species orcategories ofanimals before theycanbeseparated from the
parent animals.
7. Objective andrationale: Improvement ofanimal welfare
8. Relevant documents: Animal Health andWelfare Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1January 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 23November 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: