WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.36
6August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3322)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Addendum
Communication from Liechtenstein
Thefollowing Statement under Article 15,paragraph 2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived
from theDelegation ofLiechtenstein.
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1. TheWTO Agreement entered intoforce forLiechtenstein on1September 1995. Since that
datetheWTO TBT Agreement isdirectly binding fortheLiechtenstein regulatory authorities, as
internationaltreatiesinforceforLiechtensteinhavetheforceoflaw.Thegovernmentservicesconcerned
have been informed byanadministrative circular oftheobligations stemming from the
WTO TBTAgreement.
2. Anyquestions concerning theapplication andadministration oftheTBTAgreement aswell
asrequests forconsultations should beaddressed tothe:
Office forForeign Affairs
Heiligkreuz 14
9490 Vaduz
Liechtenstein
3. TheOffice forForeign Affairs isalsoresponsible forthenotification totheWTO Secretariat
ofnationaltechnicalregulations,standardsandconformityassessmentproceduresonbehalfofthenational
competent authorities.
4. Aperiod of60(minimum) to90daysisnormally allowed formaking comments ontheadoption
oftechnical regulations, standards andconformity assessment procedures.
5. Liechtenstein onlyexceptionally issues itsowntechnical regulations. Liechtenstein applies
Swiss technical regulations andstandards deriving from itsregional union withSwitzerland onthe
Liechtenstein market inparallel withtechnical regulations andstandards deriving fromtheparticipation
ofLiechtenstein intheEEA (European Economic Area). There isnonational standardization body
inLiechtenstein.