WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.137
18March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1095)
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 Board ofHousing Building andPlanning
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National Board ofTrade
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):
Water andheatmeters
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation onWater
andHeatmeters (43pages, Swedish)
6. Description ofcontent: Reference ismade toSS-EN 1434 forheatmeters asa
requirement foraSwedish typeapproval. Theregulations open upthemarket for
meters from other EEA countries. Amutual recognition clause isintroduced, which
states whoisallowed tocontrol themeters. Theinterval between recurrent controls is
increased from 5to10years forflow gauges inheatmeters. Aclarification ofthe
interpretation oftheBoard thatallocation meters arenotcovered bytheregulations is
given intheform ofageneral recommendation.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Proposed regulation onwater andheatmeters
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Assoonaspossible, 1August 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 6June1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: