WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.205
8July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2637)
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 -Directorate General
Shipping andMaritime Affairs.
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): Sea-going sailing vessels
forcommercial voyages, with alength of12metres ormore, butnotmore than
40metres andcarrying notmore than36passengers.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Amending
theRegulation onPassenger-Carrying Sailing Vessels, 3pages withappendix, available
inEnglish
6. Description ofcontent: ThisRegulation prescribes requirements fornewly builtsailing
vessels interms ofshipbuilding, mechanical engineering, rigging andequipment
(e.g.radio-communication, medicines), layout, fireprotection, electrical installations and
inspections.
7. Objective andrationale: Theexisting Regulation onpassenger-carrying sailing vessels
onlyprovides stipulations forexisting sailing vessels andnotfornewly built sailing
vessels. Inaddition, practice hasshown usthatcertain existing stipulations which do
notrelate totheconstruction ofnew sailing vessels should beamended or
complemented.
8. Relevant documents: Regulation onpassenger-carrying sailing vessels (Official Gazette
1990, 124), asamended subsequently, withappendices.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 1September 1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1September 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 12August 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: