WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/300
4 July 2000
(00-2756)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED KINGDOM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Weights and Measures Laboratory
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
Automatic rail-weighbridges
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Regulations
"The Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations" (27 pages, in
English)
6. Description of content:   The proposal implements the requirements for automatic
rail-weighbridges made by Recommendation R106 of the International Organization of
Legal Metrology (OIML), into national legislation.  The proposal also permits testing at a
place other than the place of installation and permits the importing of these instrumentsfrom other EU and EEA countries without the n eed for further testing in the U.K., provided
that they are accompanied by adequate documentation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To implement international agreements in order to help to remove barriers to trade, whilst
continuing with the protection of parties to a trade transaction contained within the current
rail-weighbridges Regulations.
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Regulations
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  August 2001
10. Final date for comments:   26 September 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           