WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.240
13May1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1911)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: GERMANY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Federal Ministry ofTransport
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above: ECWTO-TBT enquiry point
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): Ships andshipsafety
equipment
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Eleventh Ordinance toAmend the
ShipSafety Ordinance (Elfte Verordnung zurÄnderung derSchiffssicherheitsverordnung
-SchSV -)(58pages, inGerman)
6. Description ofcontent: Thequoted Ordinance incorporates intothelegal framework of
theGerman shipsafety Regulations thefollowing amendments totheInternational
Convention fortheSafety ofLifeatSea,1974 (SOLAS), which willbecome effective
under international lawon1July1998:
- Annex 2toResolution 1oftheConference ofContracting Governments tothe
International Convention fortheSafety ofLife atSea, 1974, adopted on
24May1994;
- Annex 2toResolution MSC.31(63) oftheMaritime Safety Committee ofthe
International Maritime Organization, adopted on23May1994;
- theAnnex toResolution MSC.47(66) oftheMaritime Safety Committee ofthe
International Maritime Organization, adopted on4June1996.
- theAnnex toResolution MSC.57(67) oftheMaritime Safety Committee ofthe
International Maritime Organization, adopted on5December 1996.
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):
TheOrdinance alsobrings intoeffect:
- Amendments totheGerman ship safety Regulations resulting from the
implementation oftheCouncil Directive onsafety rules andstandards for
passenger ships;
- adaptations oftheGerman shipsafety Regulations toamendments toCouncil
Directive 95/21/EC of19June1995 concerning theenforcement, inrespect of
shipping using Community ports andsailing inthewaters under thejurisdiction
ofthemember States, ofinternational standards forship safety, pollution
prevention andshipboard living andworking conditions (Port State Control) that
will have tobeimplemented by30June 1998, respectively, by
30September 1998;
- adaptations oftheGerman shipsafety Regulations totheCommunity standard,
respectively, tothestandard oftheInternational Maritime Organization,
introduced inconjunction withageneral streamlining of,andderegulation in,the
national rulework;
- editorial changes andmodifications totheGerman ship safety Regulations
necessarily resulting from thedissolution oftheFederal Ministry ofPosts and
Telecommunication.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Improvement inthesafety ofcargo andpassenger ships aswellasinthemanagement of
ships.
8. Relevant documents: Forrelevant documents refertoitem6above.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1July1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 10June1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
Bundesministerium fürVerkehr
Referat S14
Postfach 200100
D-53170 BONN
Telefax numbers: +492283003428/34 29