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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.113
27April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1084)
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 ofPublic Health, Welfare andSports
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): Newfoodstuffs
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Food andDrugs ActOrder
onNewFoodstuffs (6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheaimoftheOrder istoreplace theFood andDrugs Act
Regulation onNew Foodstuffs. ThisRegulation wasonlyvalid forashort period of
time (two years) andfunctionated asaninterim measure intheabsence ofEC
legislation. Since ECregulations have stillnotbeen drafted hitherto, theemergency
regulation istobereplaced byanorder inCouncil. Thelatter shallbeadjusted assoon
asEClegislation enters intoforce.
7. Objective andrationale: Liketheabove-mentioned emergency measure, theaimofthe
Order istoprotect public health.
8. Relevant documents: Food andDrugs ActRegulation onNewFoodstuffs
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 28July1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 11June1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: