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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 15,1996 PSA#1573NETHERLANDS: WOOD-BURNING STOVES The following notification is being
circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.68. 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: 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): Wood-burning stoves. 5. Title, number of
pages and language(s) of the notified document: Type Approval
Regulation on Wood-Burning Stoves Causing Air Pollution in the Form of
Carbon Monoxide. 6. Description of content: In view of the emission of
polycyclical aromatic hydrocarbons (PAC), the Order on type approval of
wood-burning stoves causing air pollution in the form of carbon
monoxide stipulates that, following the entry into force of the Order,
wood-burning stoves shall no longer be manufactured or imported in the
Netherlands if these are not of an approved type. During the approval
procedure, it will be assessed whether a wood-burning stove meets the
limit values in terms of carbon monoxide emission. The relevant
standards have been included in the Order; these are based on DIN
Standards 18891 and 18895. With regard to measuring procedures, this
Regulation makes reference to the said DIN Standards. 7. Objective and
rationale: It has proved necessary from an environmental health point
of view to subject the emission of carbon monoxide (CO) from
wood-burning stoves to requirements, since high emission levels of CO
are accompanied by the emission of considerable amounts of PAC. The
emission of PAC by households is to be halved, also within the
framework of OsPar. Wood-burning stoves are the main source within
households. 8. Relevant documents: (a) Order on the type approval of
wood-burning stoves causing air pollution in the form of carbon
monoxide. Note: The explanatory note to the notified version of this
Order specifies DIN Standard 18890 instead of DIN Standard 18895. This
mistake has since been corrected. (b) Air Pollution Act. (c) DIN
Standards 18891 and 18895. 9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 September
1996. Proposed date of entry into force: n/a. 10. Final date for
comments: 29 May 1996. (102) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0693 19960412\FO-0002)
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