NETHERLANDS: REGULATION IN RESPECT OF PROVISIONS WHICH DEVIATE FROM NEN 7087 AND IDENTIFYING SIGN FOR MUD TRAP HOLES AND OIL TRAPS. REGULATION ON MUD TRAP HOLES AND GREASE TRAPS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif.97.320. 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. Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above: National enquiry point. 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): Mud trap holes, grease traps and oil traps. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulation in Respect of Provisions which Deviate from NEN 7087 and Identifying Sign for Mud Trap Holes and Oil Traps. Regulation on Mud Trap Holes and Grease Traps. 6. Description of content: Mud trap holes and grease traps must meet the requirements laid down in NEN 7087 and the accompanying appendix with the errata sheet issued in 1992. Mud trap holes and oil traps must meet the requirements laid down in NEN 7089 and the accompanying appendix with the errata sheets issued in 1992 and 1993. Since certain requirements of NEN 7087 and NEN 7089, as the case may be, contravene other legal provisions, it is possible, by Ministerial Regulation, to submit deviatory or additional provisions regarding the application of NEN 7087 and NEN 7089, as the case may be. This is the purpose of the present regulations. The aforementioned products shall in each case comply with said standards and provisions contained in the Ministerial Regulations if they have been provided with a quality declaration issued by a certification body recognized by the Accreditation Council and an identifying sign designated by Ministerial Regulation. This logo is designated in the present regulations. The use of mud trap holes, grease traps or oil traps which have the above-mentioned quality declaration and the designated identifying sign has not been made compulsory. It is possible to demonstrate in a different way that the requirements in respect of these provisions have been observed. 7. Objective and rationale: Mineral oils in industrial water must be reduced to a minimum. This can be done by using mud trap holes and oil traps. Dumping vegetable or animal oils or fats into the public sewage system must be avoided as much as possible. This can be restricted by installing mud trap holes and grease traps. The regulations will be laid down within the framework of the implementation of Directive No. 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJEC L 135). 8. Relevant documents: Article 8.40 of the Environmental Management Act; Decision of 19 January 1996 concerning the incorporation of provisions in Orders in Council only based on Article 8.40 of the Environmental Management Act regarding the introduction of industrial water into a facility for the collection and transport of wastewater (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees). 9.Proposed date of adoption: September 1997; Proposed date of entry into force: September 1997. 10. Final date for comments: 6 August 1997. 11. Text available from: National enquiry point. (0189)

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