WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.745
5December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5355)
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 ofHealth, Welfare andSports
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
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): Clothing, footwear and
bedding containing azodyeswhich havethepotential toform thecarcinogenic aromatic
amines named inthedraftDecree (Annex 1)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft AzoDye
(Commodity Act)Decree
6. Description ofcontent: TheDecree inquestion effects abanontrade intheproducts
named inpoint 4.TheDecree replaces thetemporary Draft AzoDye(Commodity Act)
Decree.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: The
proposed banontrade wasprompted bythefactthatscientific research hasdemonstrated
thatcertain azodyeshavethepotential toform carcinogenic compounds (thearomatic
amines named inAnnex 1oftheregulation), which, when present intheproducts
referred toinpoint 6,mayrepresent adanger tohuman health. Ongrounds ofthe
protection ofpublic health atahighlevel, thetrade intheproducts inquestion isnot
therefore considered acceptable.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 31May1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1June1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 12January 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: