WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/DNK/6
15 November 2001
(01-5803)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   DENMARK
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Danish Maritime Agency
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   GMDSS Equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   N o t i c e  f r o m  t h e
Danish Maritime Authority B.  Technical Regulation on the Construction and Equipment,
etc. of Ships, Chapter IV.  (Available in Danish, 22 pages).
6. Description of content:   Radio equipment in ships, Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System (GMDSS).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The present revision introduces minor changes to chapter IV.  The most important change is
registration of GMDSS identities (regulation 5-1) and maintenance of satellite EPIRBs by
tests at intervals not exceeding 12 months (regulations 15.9).
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   1 February 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Dansk Standard
Kollegievej 6
2920 Charlottenlund