WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SWE/33
28 November 2003
(03-6335)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWEDEN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Swedish Maritime Administration
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   National Board of
Trade
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Ships containing
refrigerating machines with ammonia
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Swedish
Maritime Administrations regulations and general advice concerning refrigerating machines
with ammonia on ships (6 pages, in Swedish)
6. Description of content:   The regulations mainly consists of construction regulations for
refrigeration machines with ammonia on ships.  It also contains regulations for machinecomponents and arrangements of spaces.  Safety arrangements and safety instructions are
also included.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
With respect to the poisonous nature of ammonia it is necessary to have regulations for
ships regarding installation, construction, equipment and safety arrangements since shore
regulations are not directly applicable on ships.
8. Relevant documents:   -
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2004
Proposed date of entry into force:  May 2004
10. Final date for comments:   26 January 2004
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           