WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.7
15January 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0119)
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: 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.
ICS numbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): The technical
requirements pertain toconstruction products usedinthebuilding trade.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
Draft Decree Amending theBuilding Decree Concerning Stage 2
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Decree aims toreplace thepresent technical
requirements, which have been formulated asfunctional requirements, by
performance-related requirements. These requirements should atleast bemetby
non-residential buildings, bothnewandexisting. Theperformance requirements donot
pertain tospecific products butlisttheperformance specifications ofthebuilding ora
room, partition orconstruction thereof. Inprinciple, allconstruction products maybe
applied, provided these contribute towards therequired performance.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: The
technical requirements have been drafted with safety, health, usefulness andenergy
efficiency inmind. These areregulations which, interms ofpublic law,should be
complied withasaminimum. Interms ofprivate law,higher performance levels are
generally achieved.
8. Relevant documents: (a)Housing Act;Article 2ofthisActlaysthefoundation for
technical regulations issued inorpursuant totheBuilding Decree. Also, Articles 3,5,6
and120ofthisAct; Building Decree; Chapters I,VI,toIX.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 1June1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1July1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 1March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: