NETHERLANDS: SEDIMENT TRAPS The following notification has been received in GATT Document TBT/Notification G/95.55 dated 2 March 1995. 1. Member to agreement notifying: Netherlands if applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): (A) Sediment traps and fat separators. (B) Sediment traps and oil separators. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: draft governing the inclusion of regulations to discharge industrial effluent into public sewers in a number of orders in council, based on Article 8.40 of the Environment Protection Act. 6. Description of content: regulations governing industrial effluent in public sewers originating from institutions (I.E. based on Article 1.1. Paragraph 3, wm. suitable institutions) to which general rules shall apply, pursuant to Article 8.40 wm. The purport of the order is, partly, to implement directive 91/271/EEC (OJEC 1 135) and partly relates to the issues connected therewith. All orders contain articles to implement Article 11, Paragraph 2, Directive 91/271/EEC (OJEC 1 135). In addition, industrial effluent is subject to the requirement that industrial waste which can be kept separate from industrial effluent cannot be discharged into public sewers. Harmful waste materials can be discharged, in so far as this has been expressly permitted in the relevant order. In addition, each order contains one or more regulations which relate to the industry in question. Invariably, the maximum permitted concentration level is referred to. If this concentration level cannot be met without a facility is to be installed. If a facility is to be installed, it is to meet the requirements contained in the order. In certain cases, the maximum permitted concentration level applies even when a facility has been installed, whilst in other cases, the installation of the facility may be sufficient. Facilities prescribed by mayor and alderman in accordance with the article which implements Article 11, Para. 2, Directive 91/271/EEC (OJEC 1 135) to guarantee the effective operation of drains and sewers, and the effluent purification installation (RWZI) or the processing of deposit originating from sewers or the RWZI. 7. Objective and rationale: in connection with the implementation of the directive included under 8., the model discharge regulation governing sewerage 1992 which, generally, has been adopted by local authorities, either wholly or in part, is being replaced by a statutory system. This adjustment shall not have any negative effects on the environment. 8. Relevant documents: reference documents: 1. Act of 2 November 1994, governing the amendment of the environment act and the act on the pollution of surface waters (effluent) (Law Gazette 798). 2. Model discharge regulation governing sewerage 1992, Association of Dutch Municipalities. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: 31 August 1995. 10. Final date for comments: 20 April 1995. (080)

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