WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.36
5February 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0428)
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): Pressure vessels, rock
caverns andpipes forflammable gases
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Pressure Vessels,
Rock Caverns andPipes forFlammable Gases, 29pages
6. Description ofcontent: Requirements onequipment andlocation onpressure vessels,
rockcaverns andpipes forflammable gases
7. Objective andrationale: Accepting pressure vessels forflammable gases made of
canvas. Modernizing therules according toreadability andupdating.
8. Relevant documents: Act(1988:868) andOrdinance (1988:1145) onexplosives and
flammables
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 3June1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 18April 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: