WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.513
29September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4027)
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): Portholes, deadlights and
windows onboard fishing vessels
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice tothe
Deep-Sea Fishing Trade Amending theNotice totheDeep-Sea Fishing Trade
No.9/1989 (Provisions forPortholes, Deadlights andWindows)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice totheDeep-Sea Fishing Trade contains rulesforthe
construction, materials andstrength ofportholes, deadlights andwindows. These
regulations arebased onstandards laiddown bytheInternational Organization for
Standardization (ISO). TheDutch Standardization Institute (NNI) hasadopted theISO
standards inquestion asDutch NEN-ISO standards. Anindicative summary ofthe
technical regulations isgiven below:
Articles 3to11inclusive and13to16inclusive.
This Notice largely conforms totheNotice totheShipping Industry
No.269/1990.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraftamendment totheNotice contains technical
barriers totrade, these measures arejustified intheinterests ofpublic safety. Aclause
ofmutual recognition hasbeenincluded inArticle 17forthebenefit offoreign products
which fulfil therequirements setinthecountry oforigin.
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8. Relevant documents: Theoriginal Notice didnotinclude anexplanatory note. The
Fishing Vessels Decree
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 5November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 6November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4November 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: