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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 12,1996 PSA#1529NETHERLANDS: AGRI-AND HORTICULTURAL SHEETING, (PLASTIC FOIL) The
following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article
10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.4. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: 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. 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): Agri- and
horticultural sheeting (plastic foil). 5. Title and number of pages of
the notified document: Draft Order Governing the Removal of
Agricultural and Horticultural Sheeting. 6. Description of content: The
Draft Order Governing the Removal of Agricultural and Horticultural
Sheeting stipulates that a manufacturer or importer of agricultural
sheeting or horticultural sheeting is responsible for the collection
and processing of his sheeting. Since insufficient processing
techniques are currently available for horticultural sheeting, the
order will only apply to agricultural sheeting for the time being. The
manufacturer or importer may, subject to a number of preconditions
(collecting as much as possible, processing to the highest possible
standard and setting up a test and monitoring system) set up a
collection and removal structure in line with his own views. He could
do this as an individual or team up with other manufacturers or
importers. The Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the
Environment has to be notified of the details of the collection and
removal structure. The Minister must approve this notification. The
manufacturer or importer shall then observe this approved notification.
7. Objective and rationale: Agricultural sheeting is plastic sheeting
which can be collected from farmers and processed to regranulate with
relative ease. Since the order can also be declared to be applicable to
horticultural sheeting, it prompts the search for processing techniques
thereof. The dumping of agricultural sheeting will be banned presently,
because this waste material can easily be processed and dumping does
not offer a permanent solution. 8. Relevant documents: (a)
Environmental Management Act; (b) Covenant on Plastic Waste from
Agriculture and Horticulture; (c) Memorandum on the Prevention and
Re-Use of Waste Materials. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into
force: 1 July 1996. 10. Final date for comments: 26 January 1996.
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