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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.329
6 July 1998
(98-2670)
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 Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
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):  Sludge traps, fat separators
and oil separators
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulation Enacting
some provisions with regard to the Application of and Deviation from NEN 7087 and to a
Marking for Certificated Sludge Traps and Fat Separators, and also the Enactment of someprovisions regarding the Application of and Deviation from NEN 7089 and to a Marking for
Certificated Sludge Traps and Oil Separators (Regulation on Sludge Traps and Fat or Oil
Separators)
6. Description of content:  The Regulation on sludge traps and fat or oil separators replaced
here is a combined version of two Regulations notified under number G/TBT/Notif.97.320.
In brief, reference is made, as regards the contents of the Regulation, to the notification.
The amendments of importance here concern the following:  for sludge traps and fatseparators, BRL 5256 of 1 April 1997 and BRL 5257 of 1 September 1997 have been
added, and for sludge traps and oil separators, BRL 5255 of 1 April 1997 has been added,
and BRL 5251 of 15 November 1994 is replaced by the BRL with the same number of
1 March 1998.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  It is
important that a good flow of the public sewers is guaranteed.  Animal and vegetable oils
and fats may hinder this flow.  Therefore, they should be kept out of industrial water asmuch as possible.  It is important to keep mineral oils out because they may hinder, for
example, the operation of the sewage works.  Keeping out vegetable and animal fats and
mineral oils is accomplished by the use of sludge traps and fat or oil separators.  The
Regulation is in conjunction with the implementation of Directive No. 91/217/EEC
regarding the treatment of urban sewage (OJ EC L 135).
8. Relevant documents:
- Article 8.40 of the Act on the Environment;- Decree of 19 January 1996 on the inclusion of provisions based on Article 8.40 of
the Act on the Environment with regard to the transporting of industrial water to a
waste water collection and transport facility (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 45).  The
Decree is in conjunction with the implementation of the Directive on the treatment
of urban waste water.
- National evaluation guideline BRL 5251.G/TBT/Notif.98.329
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 1 October 1998
10. Final date for comments:  31 August 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: