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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NLD/60
15 October 2003
(03-5463)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport [Ministry of
Health, Welfare and Sports]
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Unprocessed or processed food and drin ks.  ICS:  65.100 (Pesticides and other
agrochemicals).
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  The
Netherlands.  Also applicable to food impor ted from third countries containing the same
pesticide residues.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Regulation by the State
Secretary for Public Health, Welfare and Sport amending the Regulation on pesticide
residues
6. Description of content:  The purport of this Regulation is to amend the existing Regulation
on pesticide residues.  It extends national permits for some pesticides and terminates nationalpermits for others.  This Regulation also extends the number of pesticides for which
maximum content levels of pesticide residues (hereinafter referred to as:  MRLs) by the
Pesticides Authorisation Board have been specified.  MRLs have been prescribed for a
number of non-permitted substances on the lower limit of the analytical determination.
Central to the above amendments is an effectiv e control with regard to the presence of these
substances in food.
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
From the point of view of public health a nd good agricultural practice, the national permits
for some pesticides must be extended while national permits for other are being restricted.
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
Only for a few pesticide/commodity combina tions Codex CXLs exist;  however, the MRL-
proposals under notification do not conflic t with those existing Codex CXLs.G/SPS/N/NLD/60
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  -
10. Proposed date of adoption:   As soon as possible after the notification procedure has been
finalized.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   As soon as possible after the notification procedure has
been finalized.
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty days after the date of notification.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] European Community
notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail
address (if available) of other body:
Note:  As outlined in G/SPS/W/14 (10 May 1995) comments and requests for information
from WTO Members should be addressed to the Community Enquiry Pont and to the contact
point of the member State concerned.
European Commission
Directorate General for Heal th and Consumer Protection
Directorate E, Unit E/3
International Food, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Questions
Rue Froissart 101, Room 4/74
1049 Brussels
Tel: (32) 229 62812/55092
Fax: (32) 229 98090
E-mail/Internet:  sps@cec.eu.int
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Enquiry Point, [   ] European Community enquiry
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry of Finance
Tax and Customs Administration
Central Licensing Office for Import and Export
Section EC/WTO Notifications9700 RD Groningen
Tel: (31) 050 523 2133/  + (31) 050 2134/2135
Fax: (31) 050 523 2159
E-mail/Internet: enquiry.point@tiscali-business.nl
enquiry.point2@tiscali-business.nl