WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.135*
31March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1093)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THE NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth, Welfare andSport
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
National Enquiry Point -ECWTO-TBT 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):
Iodine salt(sodium chloride withpotassium iodide) intended fordirect
consumption, iodine saltintended tobeadded tobread, bread to
which iodine saltisadded.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Commodities
ActExemption Regulation ontheIodisation ofSaltandBread (3pages, available in
English).
6. Description ofcontent: Exemption, subject toconditions, from thebanonthepresence
ofpotassium iodide in(a)cooking saltintended fordirect consumption, in(b)cooking
saltintended tobeadded tobread, andin(c)bread towhich iodine saltisadded.
*Thisdocument cancels andreplaces G/TBT/Notif.98.135 dated 18March which wasdistributed inEnglish
only.
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: In
Notifications G/TBT/Notif.97.744 andG/TBTNotif.97.698 theNetherlands published its
intention towithdraw theSaltDecree (Commodities Act) andtheBread Decree
(Commodities Act)1985. These decrees which aretobewithdrawn grant, subject to
conditions, exemption from thebanonthepresence ofpotassium iodide inthegoods
citedinpoint 5.Thisexemption isindispensable withaview totheprovision ofiodine
totheDutch population, andistherefore re-enacted bythisdraft exemption regulation.
Thiswillprevent aniodine deficiency among theDutch population.
8. Relevant documents: SaltDecree (Commodities Act), andBread Decree (Commodities
Ac)1985. Article 10oftheCommodities ActDecree onthepreparation andtreatment
offoodstuffs.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 30April 1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1May1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 29April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: