WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.38
2February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0357)
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): Drinking milk, drinking-
milkproducts, special products, butter, cheese, quark andcondensed milk
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Dairy Products
Regulation 1997 Governing Milk, Milk andDairy Products
6. Description ofcontent: TheRegulation specifies theuseofthedesignations "best
before" and"store inacoolplace (max. 7degrees C)"fordrinking milk(products) and
quark. Apackaging series isalsoprescribed fordrinking milkandproducts which, in
terms ofcomposition, aresimilar todrinking milk, andforbutter andmilkfatinsmall
prepacks. These series donotapply tocommodities imported from other member States
ifthese come inpackaging series which have been introduced ontothemarket inline
withtherules valid intherelevant Member State. TheRegulation stipulates aproduct
temperature ofmaximum 10degrees Cforproducts which aretobestored inacool
place bytraders whosellthese products from mobile shops, vehicles andmarket stalls.
7. Objective andrationale, including nature oftheurgent problems where applicable:
Within theframework oftheNational Market Forces, Deregulation andLegislative
Quality Project, theMinister forAgriculture, Nature Conservation andFisheries andthe
Minister forEconomic Affairs have asked theMarketing Board forDairy Products to
subject itsautonomous regulations inthefield offoodstuffs legislation toacritical
examination. Inview oftheabove, theDairy Products Regulation 1986, concerning
commercial design andimplementation within theretail trade andmobile trade inmilk,
milkanddairy products andtheDairy Products Regulation 1958 onDrinking Milk shall
bewithdrawn. Alimited number ofthese provisions, theenforcement ofwhich is
deemed necessary, shallbeincluded inthepresent Regulation.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Dairy Products Regulation 1958 Governing Drinking Milk;
- Dairy Products Regulation 1986 Governing theCommercial Design and
Implementation within theRetail andMobile Trade inMilk andMilk andDairy
Products;
- Industrial Organization Act,Article 93and95.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 18March 1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 30March 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 18March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: