WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.468
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3893)
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 ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries
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): Artificial bait
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation onTypes
ofBaitforFishing Rods
6. Description ofcontent: Pursuant toArticle 10oftheFisheries Act1963 itisforbidden
topractise inland fishing without being abletoproduce avalid licence. Thisbandoes
notapply withregard tofishing withnotmore thanonelinebaited using baitspecified
bytheMinister ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries bypersons under
fifteen. Thepresent scheme specifies thetypes ofbait. This includes imitations of
insects andinsect larvae nolarger than2.5cm.
7. Objective andrationale: These measures arejustified toprotect theenvironment
(maintenance offishstocks, nature conservation). They aretobeapplied without
distinction toproducts ofDutch orforeign origin.
8. Relevant documents: Article 10oftheFisheries Act1963
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 27October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 28October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 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: