WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.39
2February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0370)
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
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
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): Sewage sludge and
compost
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Amending
theRegulation ontheSampling andAnalysis ofOther Organic Fertilizer
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose oftheRegulation istoamend theRegulation onthe
Sampling andAnalysis ofOther Organic Fertilizer. Regarding compost, thepresent
Regulation adds nitrogen tothesubstances which aretobeanalysed inaprescribed
manner and,asfarassewage sludge isconcerned, amends theprescribed method of
analysis interms ofnitrogen.
7. Objective andrationale, including nature oftheurgent problems where applicable: The
analysis ofnitrogen incompost isimportant inviewofthesystem ofregulating mineral
levies included intheFertilizer Act, such system entering into effect asfrom
1January 1998. Concerning sewage sludge, thenewmethod hasmore incommon with
themethod prescribed intheNetherlands todetermine thenitrogen content inanimal
fertilizer.
8. Relevant documents: Regulation ontheSampling andAnalysis ofOther Organic
Fertilizer
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 2March 1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 3March 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 27February 1998.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: