WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/518
26 October 2000
(00-4471)
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):   Vegetable seed
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Certification
Regulations on Vegetable Seed Used by the Dutch General Quality Service (Nak) for
Horticulture
6. Description of content:   The certification regulation for vegetable seed relates to the
production, with a view to marketing, of certified vegetable seed and basic vegetable seed
as referred to in article 2 paragraph 1 subsections B and C of Directive 70/458/EEC whichare presented to Nak Horticulture for certification, and also relates to the suppliers of these
seeds.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Whether Nak Horticulture perform a certification inspection or whether this is performed
under the direct supervision of Nak Horticulture, the provisions of the draft apply to theproduct to be certified (certified seed and basic seed) and the supplier.  Producers from all
Member States can take part in this certification system; compulsory certification, pursuant
to Directives 70/458/EEC and 66/401/EEC respectively, only applies to Chichorium
intybus  L. (partim) (Chicory for industry) and Brassica napus L. var. Napobrassica (L.)
(turnip).  For the rest, participation is not compulsory for Dutch producers and producers
from other Member States.
8. Relevant documents:   Seed and Planting Stock Act, Inspection Regulation for vegetable
seed by Nak Horticulture, Affiliation Decree Nak Horticulture, Decree on trading in
propagating material for horticultural crops
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 December 2000
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2001
10. Final date for comments:  19 December 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           