WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.627
7October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4243)
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.
ICS numbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Radio-electric
transmission andreception installations
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree Regarding
Rules fortheImplementation ofArticles 15,16,17,19,41and48ofthe
Telecommunications Act(Decree onRadio-Electric Installations)
6. Description ofcontent: ThedraftDecree laysdown rules forinstalling, possessing and
using radio transmission andreception installations. Tothisend,rules arelaiddown for
therelevant devices, forthetesting andapproval thereof, andfortestinstallations used
totestthese devices. TheDecree promotes efficient functioning ofradio-electric
transmission andreception installations. According totheDutch Government, thedraft
Regulation stated inpoint 5probably contains technical regulations within themeaning
oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade. Anindicative summary ofthe
technical regulations appears below:
Articles A.3.1, C.2.1, C.8.1, D.4.4, F.3.1, F.5.1, G.1.1, G.1.2, G.3.1. The
draftDecree isrelated totheRegulation ontheApproval ofRadio-Electric Installations.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraft contains technical barrier restrictions within the
meaning oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade thensuch measures are
justified bytheprotection oftheinterests ofpublic order andtheconsumer.
8. Relevant documents: Thefollowing texts areofsignificance inassessing thisdraft:
Articles 15,16,17,19,41and48oftheAct. Explanatory notetotheoriginal Decree.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: