 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DNK/37 
5 July 2004 
 (04-2864) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   DENMARK
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Danish Maritime Authority    
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  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):   Passenger ships engaged 
in international voyages notwithstanding of size and cargo ships with a length of 15 m and 
above or a scantling number of 100 and above e ngaged in both national and international 
voyages. 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   199947854 Notice B 
from the Danish Maritime Authority (Available in Danish, 229 pages) 
6. Description of content:   Regulations for ships construc tion, building and equipment etc., 
convention provisions and add itional national provisions. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objective of the regulations are both to put the adopted amendments of the international 
load line convention 1966, as amended by the protocol of 1988 and mandatory amendments to the SOLAS, 1974 convention and amendmen ts to the MARPOL 73/78 convention and 
adopted amendments to the Danish regula tions for accommodation in ships based on the 
Council directive 98/18/EC. 
8. Relevant documents:    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 October 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   1 September 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
Dansk Standard 
Kollegievej 6 
2920 Charlottenlund  
 