WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.516
29September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4057)
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 ofHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment.
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): Therequirements apply
towaste. TheDecree stipulates when waste aredeemed hazardous waste anddesignates
usedoilasawaste.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Decree
Designating Hazardous Waste andUsed Oil(Decree Designating Hazardous Waste)
6. Description ofcontent: TheDecree designates waste ashazardous waste bothonthe
basis ofalistofprocesses andwaste which arereleased during these processes andon
thebasis ofexceeding theconcentration limitvalues anddesignates usedoilasawaste.
Thepurpose oftheDecree isalsotoimplement theDecision oftheCouncil ofthe
European Communities of22December 1994 ontheenactment ofalistofhazardous
waste (OJEC L356). TheDecree contains more hazardous waste thantheDecision.
7. Objective andrationale: Inaccordance with Council Directive No.91/689/EEC
concerning hazardous waste, OJEC 1991, L377/20, themember States designate as
hazardous waste those waste which feature ontheEuropean listofhazardous waste and
those which, intheopinion ofthemember State, mustbedesignated ashazardous waste.
Inaddition, thisDirective stipulates thatthemember States must takemeasures to
regulate thedisposal ofhazardous waste. TheChapter onWaste (Chapter 10)ofthe
Environmental Management Actcontains aseparate andheavier regime forhazardous
waste toprotect theenvironment.
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7. Objective andrationale: (cont'd)
Inaccordance withArticle 1.1,Paragraph 1,oftheEnvironmental Management
Act,itisestablished byDecree which waste aredesignated ashazardous waste.
TheDecree contains more waste than theEuropean list. Thesystem of
designation ismade upofalistofsubstances andalistofprocesses. Similarly, theEU
Council Decision enacting alistofhazardous waste (OJEC L356) includes alistof
processes. IntheNetherlands, asystem already exists fordesignating hazardous waste
(previously: chemical waste) fortheenactment ofthisDecision. Thissystem willbe
maintained toprevent confusion attheLaw Courts andtokeep within theregime
substances forwhich special carewasdeemed necessary fordisposal. These measures
arejustified toprotect theenvironment.
8. Relevant documents: Environmental Management Act(Article 1.1,Paragraph 1)
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 5November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 6November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: