WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.339
9July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2866)
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 ofJustice
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [X],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Breath analysing
appliances
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: The1997 Alcohol
Tests Decree
6. Description ofcontent: Pursuant tothedraft Decree anappliance ofadesignated type
must beusedtoperform abreath analysis. Theappliance must beaccompanied bya
valid certificate ofapproval.
7. Objective andrationale: TheDraft Decree regulates theperforming ofabreath analysis
forthepurposes ofestimating theamount ofalcohol inthebreath ofpersons suspected
ofdriving under theinfluence ofalcohol.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 4July1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 9July1997
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: