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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.350
13 July 1998
(98-2759)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BELGIUM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): Belgium
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of the Interior
Directorate-General of the General Police of the Kingdom
Administrative Police
Rue Royale 56
B – 1000 BrusselsTel: 32 2 500 21 11
Fax:  32 2 500 25 29
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 appl icable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  The draft Royal Order has
been drawn up in the context of a procedure for the approval of alarm systems and centres
before they are marketed or made available to users.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Royal Order Establishing
the Approval Procedure for Alarm Systems and Centres, Referred to in the Law of10 April 1990 on Security Firms and Internal Security Services
6. Description of content:  The initial Royal Order was adopted in 1994, at which time the
alarm systems and centres on the market consisted chiefly of cable equipment.  With
advances in technology, the private security sector has a new type of alarm equipment,
namely alarm systems and centres using radio links, commonly known as "wireless alarm
systems".
The Royal Order of 31 March 1994 contains a number of operating requirements
which radio-link alarm systems and centres cannot fulfil because the requirements involve
the use of cables.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  This
draft has been prepared in order to comply with the European Commissions observations
(P/97/4194-BELGIQUE Obstacles to the mark eting of burglary security equipment),
addressed to Belgium as represented by the Minister of the Interior.  According to those
observations, the Royal Order of 31 March 1994 is an obstacle to the free circulation ofgoods in that it includes certain provisions, more specifically requirements involving an
absolute ban on the marketing in Belgium of alarm systems and centres that use radio
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7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable (cont'd):
The main change to the Royal Order of 31 March 1994 consists of a change to Annex 5, on
tests for all alarm systems and centres, and the incorporation of an Annex 6 on tests for
alarm systems and centres using radio links.
Moreover, this draft coordinates the Royal Order of 31 March 1994 and the Royal
Order of 8 January 1996, which introduces a labelling system of certifying that the
equipment is in conformity with the approved prototype.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 60 days
10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  CIBELNOR