WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.657
10October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4329)
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 ofTransport andPublic Works
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): Septic tanks
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Discharge Decree on
theSurface Waters Pollution ActRelating toGlass House Horticulture
6. Description ofcontent: The Decree concerns theprotection ofsurface water.
Requirements arethereby established withregard todischarge by,inthiscase, glass
house horticulture businesses. Discharged household drainage water must firstly be
passed through aseptic tank. Aminimum capacity of3m3isspecified toensure
adequate purification i.e.decontamination ofthedischarge andtoconform tostandard
measures asperdraftNEN-EN 12566-1 which isbased onCEN/TC 165"Wastewater
Engineering".
TheDecree (Septic Tank Regulation) dates backto1994 andwasnotpreviously
notified.
7. Objective andrationale: Notechnical requirements arelaiddown withregard toseptic
tanks other thanaconcretization oftherequirement foradequate purification inthe
interest ofprotecting surface water.
Ifthedraftcontains quantitative import restrictions ormeasures ofsimilar effect
within themeaning oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade thensuchmeasures
arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting surface water (i.e.environment).
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8. Relevant documents:
- Surface Waters Pollution Act,Articles 1.2and1.3and2a(Bulletin ofActsand
Decrees 1969, 536).
- Draft NEN-EN 12566-1 (prEN 12566-1 Small Wastewater Treatment Systems
50PEPart1:Prefabricated Septic Tanks). Small wastewater treatment systems
fortheequivalent of50dwellings. Section 1:Prefabricated Septic Tanks. This
indicates (under B.6)thevolume ofaseptic tankinm3:2,3,4...12.Itcan
beseenfrom thisthat3m3isastandard volume.
- Discharge Decree ontheSurface Waters Pollution ActRelating toGlass House
Horticulture Bulletin ofActsandDecrees 1994, 699).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: