WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.664
10October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4336)
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 ofTransport andPublic Works
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):
- Thesample collection vatandthesampling equipment fordetermining the
number ofresident equivalents andcontamination units ofwaste water discharge
forthepollution levyinrespect ofpublic waters;
- thesample scoop, sample flaskandother sample requirements;
- equipment fortheanalysis ofheavy metals insamples taken fordetermining the
number ofcontamination unitsofwaste water discharge forthepollution levyin
respect ofpublic waters.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree Amending the
Implementing Decree onPollution ofPublic Water
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraftaimstoissue further regulations forthose liable topay
thelevyforthemeasuring, sampling andanalysis ofthewaste water discharged bythem
intopublic waters forthedetermination ofthenumber ofresident equivalents and
contamination units. Taking account ofthelatter, thefollowing isprescribed:
1. Thesample collection vatmust have atleast a5litrecapacity andwhether a
bucket orvatmust beconstructed withawideneck;
2. Thesample collection vatandother sampling equipment mustbefabricated using
aninert material which iseasytoclean inorder thatsubsequent analyses on
waste water discharge areunaffected;
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):
3. During open measuring systems, thediameter ofallthrough flow sections of
other sampling equipment must haveaminimum diameter of13millimetres;
4. During open measuring systems with vacuum sampling equipment asuction
velocity ofatleast0.3metres persecond must beachieved;
5. Thesample scoop andother necessary sampling equipment must befabricated
using aninertmaterial which iseasytoclean inorder thatsubsequent analyses
onwaste water discharge areunaffected;
6. Equipment fortheanalysis ofheavy metals inwaste water must besufficiently
accurate toensure thattheheavy metals below mayberegistered infollowing
concentrations:
1. Arsenic: 1.50micro g/1
2. Cadmium: 1.50micro g/1
3. Chromium: 100micro g/1
4. Copper: 35.0micro g/1
5. Mercury: 0.25micro g/1
6. Lead: 125micro g/1
7. Nickel: 100micro g/1
8. Zinc: 35.0micro g/l
7. Objective andrationale: Noother requirements areestablished inthedraft withregard
tosampling equipment, necessary sampling equipment andanalysis equipment other than
aconcretization oftherequirement forthecorrect determination ofthenumber of
resident equivalents andcontamination units ofwaste water discharge. Thelevel of
contribution tobepaidforthepollution levyinrespect ofpublic waters isdependent on
thenumber ofresident equivalents andcontamination unitsofthewaste water discharge.
Thisis"thepolluter pays" principle. Ifthedraftcontains quantitative import restrictions
ormeasures ofequal effect within themeaning oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers
toTrade thensuchmeasures arejustified toensure afairlevyofthecontamination levy
inrespect ofpublic waters.
8. Relevant documents:
- Surface Water Pollution Act,Article 19;
- Article 13Implementing Decree onthePollution ofPublic Waters.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: