WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.241
2August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3079)
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): Packaging material
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation on
Packaging andPackaging Waste (31pages)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisRegulation addresses Dutch manufacturers andimporters
whoplace packaged products ontheDutch market. They need toensure that45per
centofthematerials isrecycled (15percentforeachmaterial) and65percentofthe
packaging isrecovered, asfrom 1998 butnolaterthantheyear2000. Inaddition, they
needtotakemeasures toreduce packaging interms ofquantity andimprove itsquality.
Nospecific goals areprescribed forthis. Every fiveyears anotification istobesentto
theMinister ofHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment, detailing theplanned
measures andevery three years areport istobeissued ontheprogress made. This
report willalsobeaccompanied bythemonitoring datarequired byDirective 94/62/EC.
Other obligations contained inDirective 94/62/EC, such asthose relating toheavy
metals, logos andother essential requirements shall alsobeadopted infullinthe
regulation andimposed ontheindustry concerned. When meeting itsobligations, itis
important fortheindustry tohave thechoice ofcooperation based onacovenant
whereby thegovernment isalsoinvolved, orimplementing theobligations individually.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection oftheenvironment
8. Relevant documents: TheRegulation isbased ontheEnvironmental Management Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1October 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 18September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: