RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.290
29September 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2876)
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
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): Liveanimals
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Operations Order
6. Description ofcontent: TheOperations Order stipulates thetypeofoperations which are
permitted onanimals whereby partorparts ofthebody areremoved orinjured. The
Order implements Article 40oftheAnimal Health andWelfare Act(asyetnotentered
intoforce) which specifies thatanimal operations other thanthose expressly listed shall
bebanned. ThisArticle andthepresent Order shallenter intoeffect simultaneously.
7. Objective andrationale: Improvement ofanimal welfare
8. Relevant documents: Animal Health andWelfare Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1January 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 23November 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: