NETHERLANDS: POULTRY MEAT, EGGS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.167. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: NETHERLANDS. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries. 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). Poultry meat, eggs. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Regulation on Integral Chain Control and Salmonella Control - Poultry Sector peob/loc 1995 (38 pages). 6. Description of content: The present regulations contain an integral chain control system which encompasses the entire hatching-egg and egg-producing column, including layer farms and packing stations and the meat-production column, right from the breeding farm through to the hatchery. In this way, we aim to achieve a higher level of quality, on a voluntary basis, than is legally required. 7. Objective and rational: Increase in quality. 8. Relevant documents: Business Organization Act 1950, Establishment Act - Poultry and Eggs Commodity Board. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: 1 August 1995. 10. Final date for comments: 20 July 1995. (166)

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