WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/DNK/13
30 August 2002
(02-4647)
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 Authority
Vermundsgade 38C, postboks 26052100 København Ø
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):
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   199922560 Technical
Regulation, Memorandum of Understanding for the Transport of Packaged DangerousGoods in ro-ro ships in the Baltic Area.  (12 pages, in Danish, 11 pages, in English,
15 pages, in German)
6. Description of content:  Agreement between Denmark, Est onia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland,
Germany, Poland and Sweden concerning the transportation of Dangerous Goods in ro-ro
ships in the Baltic Area.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The purpose of the agreement is to reach an acceptable level of safety, when transporting
dangerous goods in the Baltic Area by multimodal transport in accordance with the
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Co d e(IMDG Code), the Requirements of the
Regulations Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) and
the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by
Road.
8. Relevant documents:   Memorandum of Understanding version Riga 18 to 20 June 2002
For the Transport of Dangerous Goods in ro-ro Ships in Accordance with the International
Maritime dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code), the Requirements of the Regulations
Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) and of the
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
(ADR)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 January 2003G/TBT/N/DNK/13
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10. Final date for comments:   1 November 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
Kollegevej 6
2920 Charlottenlund