WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.621
7October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4237)
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): Turn indicators onboard
ocean-going ships
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No.287/1992 (Operational and
General Requirements Governing Turn Indicators)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice contains rules concerning operational andgeneral
requirements with regard toturnindicators. These rules aredrawn entirely from
Resolution A.526 (III)andResolution A.694(17) oftheGeneral International Maritime
Organization (IMO) Assembly. Resolution A.526 (XIII) contains operational
requirements, whilst Resolution A.694(17) contains general requirements forradio
equipment andelectronic navigation aids. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical
regulations appears below: Article 2.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraft Amendment oftheNotice contains quantitative
import restrictions ormeasures ofequal effect within themeaning oftheAgreement on
Technical Barriers toTrade thensuchmeasures arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting
public safety. With regard toforeign products which conform totherequirements,
established inthecountry oforigin, Article 7contains aprovision relating tomutual
recognition.
8. Relevant documents: Shipping Decree 1965
Noexplanatory notewasappended totheoriginal Notice.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 19November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 20November 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 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: