WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.343
8 July 1998
(98-2714)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  EC WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):  Tyres for motor vehicles and
their trailers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a European
Parliament and Council Directive amending C ouncil Directive 92/23/EEC relating to tyres
for motor vehicles and their trailers and to their fitting (28 pages English).
6. Description of content:  Laying down maximum limit values for tyre rolling noise, to be
measured according to a specific method of measuring.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To limit
the noise generated by the contact between tyres in motion and road surfaces.
8. Relevant documents:  COM(97) 680 final - 97/0348 (COD) of 10 December 1997
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:March 2000
1 October 2001
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  EC WTO-TB T Enquiry Point, DG III-A-1