. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/345
7 August 2000
(00-3217)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   National Enquiry Point – EC WTO TBT Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Animals and plants of
indigenous and non-indigenous animal and plant species and products of these animals and
plants.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree on the
Exemption of Protected Animal and Plant Species.
6. Description of content:   In this Decree, an exemption is granted under certain conditions
from the ownership, transport and trade bans referred to in articles 8-13 of the Flora and
Fauna Act.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The bans referred to in point 8 have been included to protect plants and animals living in the
wild.  From the point of view of the interests referred to in article 75 para. 4 of the Act andin article 2 of this Decree, an exemption is gr anted from the bans.  With regard to the trade
bans of article 13 of the Act, an exemption is granted from the point of view of the
provisions concerning the common market and the free movement of goods of theEC Treaty.  The cases to which these exemptions apply are set out in articles 4-11 of this
Decree:  demonstrably reared animals, demonstrably cultivated plants, animals which have
been legally obtained in connection with management or damage control or elsewhere thanin the Netherlands, animals belonging to wild species.
With regard to the exemption from the trade bans in respect of the hooded seal and harp seal
in Article 12 of this Decree, a link has been made with Directive 83/129/EEC of the Councilof the EC of 28 March 1983 concerning the importation into Member States of skins of
certain seal pups and products derived therefrom.
8. Relevant documents:   Flora and Fauna Act, particularly articles 8-13 and 75 of that Act.G/TBT/Notif.00/345
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  2 January 2001
10. Final date for comments:   6 August 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           