WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.595
2October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4153)
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): Motor vehicles belonging
tocategory M1(private automobiles) which areusedastaxis
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation ofthe
Minister ofTransport, Public Works andWater Management Establishing Rules forthe
Inspection ofAutomobiles (Regulation Establishing Rules fortheInspection of
Automobiles)
6. Description ofcontent: TheRegulation onpermanent requirements relating totaxisand
theRegulation establishing rules fortheinspection ofautomobiles bothcontain technical
requirements relating toprivate automobiles which areusedastaxis(forreasons oflegal
tradition, these requirements arecontained intworegulations, both ofwhich are
simultaneously notified). These requirements aresupplementary tothose requirements
withwhich private automobiles must comply forroadlicence approval. Botharebased
ontheDecree relating tothetransport ofpersons which, inturn, isbased ontheAct
relating tothetransport ofpersons. Theinspection oftaxis which areused forthe
transport ofpersons asreferred toinpoint 10iscarried outexclusively bythe
Government Road Transport Department interms ofboth acceptance andperiodic
inspection. Supplementary requirements relate, inter alia,totheinformation file
accompanying theapplication forinspection andinspection itself, relating tothedriver 's
compartment, electrical equipment, ventilation andheating, (emergency) exitsanddoors,
stairwells passenger seats andstorage areas, hand rails, window panes, wheel-chair
transportation andliftforwheel-chair passengers.
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7. Objective andrationale: These measures arejustified toensure thesafety ofpassengers.
8. Relevant documents: Article 159and160oftheDecree relating tothetransport of
persons (Bulletin ofActsandDecrees 1987, 506).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 19November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 20November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: