. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NLD/64 
20 September 2004  
 
(04-3953) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
   
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 and Food Quality 
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):   Animal Feed 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendment III to 
the Regulation issued by the Marketing Board for Animal Feed concerning a GMP 
accreditation regulation within the animal feed sector 2003  
6. Description of content:    
This Regulation contains the following amendments:  
 participants in the volunt ary GMP regulation are obliged  to join a new accepted 
certification body within three months of the certification body that issued the 
accreditation certificate losing its ac ceptance (for whatever reason).  
The current GMP regulation includes a GMP st andard relating to transport on inland 
waterways, by sea and by rail in the animal feed sector (GMP08). This standard is 
replaced by three separate standards, namely one standa rd for GMP in transport on 
inland waterways (GMP08A), one for GMP in  marine transport (GMP08B) and one 
for GMP in rail transport (GMP08C)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The reason for replacing the current GMP st andard is that it makes it possible to 
certify business separately for these standa rds. The market has expressed the desire 
to have a certifiable GMP standard for inland shipping, and the three separate 
standards now make certification for each st andard possible. The content of the new 
standard has been amended only mini mally compared with the old GMP08.  G/TBT/N/NLD/64 
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8. Relevant documents:    
• Industrial Organisation Act,  
• Regulation instituting arable products marketing boards,  
• Regulation issued by the Marketing Bo ard for Animal Feed concerning a 
GMP accreditation regulation within the animal feed sector 2003,  
• Amendment I to the Regulation issued  by the Marketing Board for Animal 
Feed concerning a GMP accreditation regulation within the animal feed 
sector 2003, 
• Amendment II to the Regulation issued  by the Marketing Board for Animal 
Feed concerning a GMP accreditation regulation within the animal feed sector 2003
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  10 November 2004 
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2005 except GMP and GMP 08c: 
1 March 2005. 
10. Final date for comments :   1 November 2004   
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: