. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DNK/39 
12 July 2004 
 (04-2991) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   DENMARK  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:         
Danish Maritime Authority  
Vermundsgade 38 C, postboks 2605, 2100 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):  Memorandum of 
Understanding for the Transport of Packaged Da ngerous Goods in ro-ro ships in the Baltic 
Area.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   199943531 Technical 
Regulation on amendment of Technical Regulat ion, Memorandum of Understanding for the 
Transport of Packaged Dangerous Goods in ro-ro ships in the Baltic Area.  (Available in 
Danish, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:   Amendments to the agreement between Denmark, Estonia, 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 a cceptable level of safe ty, when transporting 
dangerous goods in the Baltic Area by multi modal transport 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 
the European Agreement concerning the Inte rnational Carriage of Dangerous Goods by 
Road. 
8. Relevant documents:   Memorandum of Understanding, version Copenhagen 15 to 17 June 
2004, 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 Inte rnational Carriage of  Dangerous Goods by 
Road (ADR). The document including its anne xes is enclosed in Danish as well as in 
English.   G/TBT/N/DNK/39 
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 January 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   1 October 2004 
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  
 