WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/149
29 March 2000
(00-1286)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BELGIUM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   Belgium
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economic Affairs
Quality and Safety Administration
Safety Division – Product Safety ServiceBoulevard du Roi Albert II, 16
B-1000 Brussels
Tel:  + 32 2 206 49 12
Fax:  +32 2 206 57 52
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):   Mobile
telephone-shaped lighters
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   R o y a l  D e c r e e
Withdrawing and Prohibiting the Placing on the Market of Mobile Telephone-Shaped
Lighters
6. Description of content:   The manufacture, import, export and marketing, whether or not in
return for payment, of mobile telephone-shaped lighters is prohibited.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Lighters in the shape of mobile telephones can cause serious accidents where young
children are concerned, as they can be mistaken for a toy.  The various notificationsconcerning mobile telephone-shaped lighters, communicated via the European "RAPEX"
system (references:  8028/97, 8008/98, 8009/98, 8010/98, 8011/98).
8. Relevant documents:   -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 days
10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   CIBELNOR