WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.620
7October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4236)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofTransport andPublic Works
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Category M1,M2,M3,
N1,N2,N3,O2,O3,O4motor vehicles, three-wheel motor vehicles, motor cycles and
mopeds.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation
Establishing Rules Relating toApplication foraType Approval andMonitoring ofa
Type Approval Granted (Regulation Governing Application andMonitoring Type
Approval)
6. Description ofcontent: ThedraftRegulation defines which motor vehicles referred toin
point 6belong toagiven category inorder thatanational typeapproval maybegranted.
Furthermore, theRegulation issues regulations withregard torequest foratypeapproval
andtotheforms which pertain thereto, tothevehicle manufacturer obligations, andto
monitoring which isexercised inthisregard.
7. Objective andrationale: These measures arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting traffic
safety, thesafety ofpersons intransit andtheenvironment.
8. Relevant documents: Thefollowing textsareapplicable inanassessment ofthisdraft;
Article 22,paragraph 2,Article 22,paragraph 3,Article 23,paragraph 3and
Article 25,paragraph 2ofthe1994 Road Traffic Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 19November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 20November 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: