WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.692
23October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4656)
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 ofEconomic 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): Kilowatt-hour meters
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Weights andMeasures
Regulation Governing Kilowatt-Hour Meters
6. Description ofcontent: Chapter 1gives thedefinitions relevant tothisRegulation and
stipulates thattheprovisions mustbetaken intoaccount forkilowatt-hour meters intype-
approval testing, inspection, re-inspection, testing asspecified inArticle 16.1 ofthe
Weights andMeasures Act, andmonitoring. Chapter 2liststechnical provisions
regarding thecomposition andoperation ofthekilowatt-hour meter andthemaximum
permissible errors invarious conditions andasafunction oftheclasses ofaccuracy.
This Chapter also contains test provisions forapproval ofthemodel and
inspection/reinspection. Finally, itisstipulated what labels aretoappear onthemeter.
Chapter 2alistsrules forstatistical testing ofabatch ofkilowatt-hour meters withthe
associated random sampling schemes andinterpretation oftheresults. Chapter 3
contains transitional andfinalprovisions.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraft Regulation contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect, these measures arejustified intheinterests
offairtrade andconsumer protection. Aclause ofmutual recognition hasbeenincluded
forthebenefit ofproducts from other States oftheEuropean Economic Area which
fulfils therequirements setinthecountry oforigin.
8. Relevant documents:
- (original) Weights and Measures Regulation onKilowatt-Hour Meters
(Government Gazette 1989, 81);
- Amendment totheWeights andMeasures Regulation onKilowatt-Hour Meters
(Government Gazette 1994, 63).
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9. Proposed dateofadoption: 26November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 27November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 25November 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 []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: