WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.134
21April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1714)
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 Maritime Administration
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): Ships sailing inSwedish
water andSwedish ships sailing outside Swedish water
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TheDecree bythe
Swedish Maritime Administration with Regulations Concerning Amendments ofthe
Decree bytheSwedish Maritime Administration (1985:24) Concerning FireProtection
onShips Comprised bythe1974 Convention fortheSafety ofLifeatSea(35pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Theruleimplies requirements concerning escape routes onro-ro
passenger ships andinvolves animplementation ofthe1992 aswell asthe1995
amendments toSOLAS.
7. Objective andrationale: Thepurpose oftheruleistoincrease thesafety onro-ro
passenger ships.
8. Relevant documents: TheDecree bytheSwedish Maritime Administration (1985:24)
concerning FireProtection onShips comprised bythe1974 Convention fortheSafety of
LifeatSea
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Assoonaspossible
10. Final dateforcomments: 13June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: