WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/344
7 August 2000
(00-3215)
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):   Animals and plants
belonging to protected indigenous and non-indigenous animal and plant species and
products of these animals and plants.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree on the
preparation of Animals.
6. Description of content:   This Decree fleshes out articles 62 - 64 of the Act on the
preparation of animals.  The provisions concern: exemptions from the ban on thepreparation, without a licence of animals belonging to species to which exemption from
trade bans already applies in another way (article 5 of the Decree);  exemptions from trade
bans for dead animals for preparation and preparations, in so far as these are marked(articles 6 and 7 of the Decree); and a total ban on the preparation of certain species
mentioned by name (article 8 of the Decree).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The prevention of the capture of game fo r the illegal preparation of the animals.
8. Relevant documents:   The Flora and Fauna Act, particularly Articles 3-5, 8-13 and 62-64
of that Act.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  2 January 2001          
10. Final date for comments:   6 August 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           