WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.269
23June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2589)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2): Belgium
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofSocial Affairs, Public Health andtheEnvironment,
Inspectorate ofFoodstuffs, Citéadministrative del'Etat, Quartier esplanade, 11ème
étage, Boulevard pachéco, 19boîte 5,1010 Brussels.
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Deep-frozen products and
more specifically control ofthetemperature ofthese deep-frozen products.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ministerial Order
Amending Ministerial Order of28January 1993 Concerning Control oftheTemperature
ofDeep-Frozen Products
6. Description ofcontent: This Ministerial Order incorporates intotheoldOrder of
28January 1993 certain provisions thatareapplicable nationally. Itincludes aseries of
standards thatmust bemetbymeasuring instruments tobeplaced intransport vehicles
registered inBelgium.
These rules alsoinclude amutual recognition clause withrespect toequipment
installed inallvehicles inkeeping withrules inforce inother countries oftheUnion.
Keywords: Deep-frozen products, temperatures, control.
7. Objective andrationale: Article 2ofDirective 92/1/EEC provides thatinstruments for
measuring thetemperature ofdeep-frozen products inside theirmeans oftransport must
beapproved bythecompetent authority ofthecountry inwhich saidmeans oftransport
areregistered. AstheCommission hasleftituptothecountries toactonthematter,
thesubmitted draftmakes itpossible toestablish standards fortheapproval ofmeasuring
instruments.
8. Relevant documents:
- Royal Order of5December 1990 concerning deep-frozen products.
- Ministerial Order of28January 1993 concerning control ofthetemperature of
deep-frozen products.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CIBELNOR