WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.96
10March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0949)
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):
2. Agency responsible:
Ministry oftheInterior,
Direction générale delaPolice générale duRoyaume,
Police Administrative,
RueRoyale 56,
B-1000 Brussels.
TP:+3225002111
TF:+3225002468
Agency orauthority designed tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
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): Vehicles forthetransport
offunds, neutralization systems
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Royal Decree
Amending theRoyal Decree of28February 1997 Concerning theRegulations Relating
toCertain Methods fortheProtection ofTransport ofFunds (asAmended byRoyal
Decree of25April 1997)
6. Description ofcontent: Special additional protective measures:
- Introduction ofspecial regulations forfunds which canbeneutralized bymeans
ofresistance procedures, inorder toavoid intercity transport;
- avoidance oflong-distance retail transport bymotorway, inorder tobeableto
dispense withtheneedforanescort.
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: In
order toprovide protection forthetransport offunds, theBelgian Government hasopted
forastrategy which must haveadeterrent effect andmake attacks ontransport vehicles
unprofitable andmore risky fortheperpetrators.
Funds transported outside protected premises must beincorporated inasystem
which makes them unusable intheevent ofanattempt tostealthem.
Implementing systems ofthistypeandfitting outthevehicles takes agreat deal
oftime. Certain recent attacks inwhich three security guards were killed show thatthe
regulations inforce areinadequate. Additional security measures areessential toprotect
thesecurity guards andthepublic. Firstofall,ithasbeendecided toextend theescort
regulations (intercity regulations) tocertain forms ofretail transport offunds which
could beneutralized. Atpresent, these transport operations arestillthemostvulnerable.
Inorder toenable thelawenforcement services toconcentrate onthemost vulnerable
transport operations, itisalsoconsidered necessary tosubject thetransport ofcertain
low-risk funds, namely those which canbeneutralized byaresistance procedure, to
special regulations.
8. Relevant documents:
- Royal Decree of28February 1997 concerning certain methods permitting the
regulation oftheprotection ofthetransport offunds (notifications 97/69 to72);
- Royal Decree of25April 1997 amending Royal Decree of28February 1997
concerning certain methods permitting theregulation oftheprotection ofthe
transport offunds (notification 97/467);
- Royal Decree of28February 1997 concerning thetechnical characteristics and
type-approval ofsecurity vansusedbysecurity companies andinternal security
services (notifications 97/69 to72)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: CIBELNOR