WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.279
12 June 1998
(98-2412)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  DENMARK
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for the Environment and Energy, Danish Environmental
Protection Agency, Strandgade 29, 1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  TBTO: Cas-No. 56-35-9
dichlorvos:  Cas-No. 62-73-7
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Statutory Order on
Change in Statutory Order No. 763 of 20 Au gust 1997, on Total or Partial Ban on Certain
Pesticides (1 page, Danish)
6. Description of content:  Ban on wood pres ervatives containing bis-tri-n-butyltinoxid
(TBTO) and dichlorvos
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health.  TBTO is immunsuppressive and dichlorvos is carcinogenic in
class 3.
8. Relevant documents:  Grundvurdering af TBTO and dichlorvos (in Danish)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 September 1998
Proposed date of entry into force:
Ban on use from 1 January 2000 of (TBTO) and 1 January 1999 (dichlorvos)
10. Final date for comments:
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: Danish EPA, Pesticide Division, Strandgade 29, DK-1401 Copenhagen K,
Denmark