WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.647
7October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4270)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofTransport andPublic Works
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National 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): Monitoring andcontrol
system fordumping oleaginous liquids
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment tothe
Ministerial Regulation of22October 1996, Containing Detailed Rules Relating toa
Monitoring andControl System forDumping asSpecified inArticle 14oftheDecree on
thePrevention ofPollution Caused byDangerous Liquids Transported inBulkbyShips
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Regulation stipulates thatmonitoring andcontrol
systems fordumping ofoleaginous liquids must fulfil requirements setdown bythe
Maritime Safety Committee oftheInternational Maritime Organization.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraft Regulation contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect inthesense oftheAgreement onTechnical
Barriers toTrade these measures arejustified toprotect public safety andhuman lifeand
health. Aclause ofmutual recognition hasbeenincluded inArticle 3.
8. Relevant documents:
- DecreeonthePreventionofPollutionCausedbyDangerousLiquids
Transported inBulkbyShips;
- Theexplanatory texttotheoriginal Decree.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: