WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.525
29September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4034)
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): Chemical tankers built
before 1July1986, which areused forthetransport ofhazardous orharmful liquid
substances, butnotcrude oilandoilproducts.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No.308/1995 (Regulations for
Chemical Tankers Built before 1July1986)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice contains rules onchemical tankers which areused
forthetransport ofdangerous orharmful liquid substances, butnotcrude oil,oil
products andsuchflammable substances. Therulesimplement Resolution A.212(VII) of
theInternational Maritime Organization. TheCode fortheConstruction andEquipment
ofShips Carrying Dangerous Chemicals inBulk(BCH Code) wasadopted. ThisCode is
arecommendation. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations appears below:
Article 1,onthedeclaration ofapplicability oftheCode forConstruction andEquipment
ofShips Carrying Dangerous Chemicals inBulk(BCH Code); Article 5,regarding tests
towhich theshipissubject; Article 8,regarding theability toconduct electricity of
hoses cited insubsection 2.12oftheBCH Code; Article 11,regarding medical oxygen
equipment; Article 12,regarding safety showers ondeck; Article 13,regarding a
remote-controlled cutoff, ifinactual factpropylene oxide istobetransported (Articles 8
and13concern national supplements totheinternational code).
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7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraftamendment oftheNotice contains technical barriers
totrade thensuchmeasures arejustified ongrounds oftheinterests oftheprotection of
public safety. Asforforeign products which comply withtheequivalent requirements
laiddown inthecountry oforigin, aprovision isincluded inArticle 16withregard to
mutual recognition.
8. Relevant documents:
Thefollowing texts(enclosed) areofsignificance intheevaluation ofthisdraft:
- Ships Decree 1965;
- IMO Resolution A.212(IIV).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 5November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 6November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4November 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: