WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.668
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4406)
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 ofTransport andPublic Works
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): FireDepartment vehicles,
special equipment andextinguishing agents
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: FireDepartment
Regulation Governing Civil Aerodromes
6. Description ofcontent: Article 76,paragraph 1(c)oftheAviation Actallows provision
toissue further regulations governing thelayout, design anduseofaerodromes.
Article 129oftheRegulation Governing Aviation Monitoring issues further regulations
withregard tofirefighting. Further implementation issubsequently given inthisregard
inthedraftRegulation inwhich, interalia,requirements areestablished relating toFire
Department equipment andextinguishing agents.
According totheDutch Government, thedraft Regulation stated inpoint 5
probably contains technical regulations. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical
regulations appears below:
- Article 8,paragraph 1:stipulates thatfire-fighting equipment andemergency
equipment onaerodromes atleastcomprises those FireDepartment vehicles as
stated inAppendix Bandpossibly specially designated equipment (established on
1January 1995);
- Article 11,paragraph 5:reference ismade herein toAppendix Cwhich
establishes further requirements relating tothequality ofextinguishing agents
(established on1January 1995).
ICAO Regulations from Annex 14appear inbothArticles.
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7. Objective andrationale: IfthedraftRegulation contains quantitative import restrictions
ormeasures ofequal effect within themeaning oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers
toTrade thensuchmeasures arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting public health and
safety andhuman life.
8. Relevant documents: ICAO Annex 14,Section 9.2; Aviation Act(Article 76,
paragraph 1(c);Regulation Governing Aviation Monitoring (Article 129); Chapter 8and
Appendix 3from ICAO-doc; 9137-AN/898, Part1
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 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 [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: