./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SWE/25
18 November 2002
(02-6404)
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:   SWEDEN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
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:   National Board of
Trade
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 ):  Construction material
and products, particularly concrete
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Provisions of the
Swedish Board on Housing, Building and Planning regarding amendments to the Board´s
Design (mandatory provisions and gene ral recommendations); BFS 2003:xx BKR 7, 60
pages, Swedish
6. Description of content:  Widening of the validity of the regulation to encompass also other
construction works than buildings (1:2).
Increased possibility to take advantage of third party control of construction products when
used in construction works, also such control carried out in other countries (1:4).  However,
for products that can be CE-marked only CE-marking is accepted.
A clause (1:5) that allows the use of EN-standards for verification of the structural safety(principally Eurocodes) as an alternative has been updated to the existing way of
implementing them.
Implementing of EN 206-1, ENV 13670-1 and several  other standards on production and
execution of concrete structures (chapter 7).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Provide regulations on structural for types of works that are not regulated other than by the
law.  Asked for by the market.  Increase the quality in the construction process.Implementation of European standards, generally and specifically as regards concrete
structures.
8. Relevant documents:           G/TBT/N/SWE/25
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9. Proposed date of adoption: February 2003
Proposed date of entry into force: March 2003
10. Final date for comments:   29 January 2003
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:           