WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/7
8 March 2001
(01-1141)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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  Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   Building to be built and
existing buildings
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft General
Administrative Regulation Establishing Regulations with Regard to the Building of
Buildings from the Point of View of Safety, Health, Usability, Energy Efficiency and the
Environment (Conversion of the Buildings Decree)
6. Description of content:   The Buildings Decree contains regulations for buildings to be built
and existing buildings.  It is not necessary to comply with a similar regulation if the buildingor relevant part thereof offers, in another way, safety, protection of health, usability, energy
efficiency and protection of the environment to at least the same extent as is intended by the
regulation in question (Article 1.5 of the equivalency provision).  The document in question
concerns the conversion of the current Buildings Decree (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees
1991, no 680), involving far-reaching changes to the system and construction of the current
decree.  In principle, no amendments as regard s contents are involved other than that which
is mentioned in 1.4 of the explanatory memorandum.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The reason is the increase in the accessibility of the Buildings Decree
8. Relevant documents:   Housing Act, Article 2, and Buildings Decree
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 January 2002
10. Final date for comments:   3 May 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           