WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.244
9June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2393)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Swedish Inspectorate ofExplosives andFlammables
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Flammable liquids
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Provisions Related to
Tanks andPipelines forFlammable Liquids (26pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Provisions oninspections oftanks andpipelines forflammable
liquids duetoEN45004 andaccreditations ofinspection bodies. New provisions on
periodical inspections fortanks above ground >10m3.
7. Objective andrationale: Adaptation oftheEuropean system foraccreditation of
inspection bodies.
8. Relevant documents: Act(1988:868) andOrdinance (1988:1145) onexplosives and
flammables
9. Proposed dateofadoption: October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 19August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: