WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.564
1October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4111)
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): Ships transporting bulk
cargo, irrespective oftonnage; Ships transporting packaged dangerous substances,
irrespective oftonnage.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No.312/1996 (29th Amendment to
theGuide Book onDangerous Substances and7thAmendment totheGuide Book on
Jettisoned Cargo)
6. Description ofcontent: This Notice contains rules governing thetransportation of
dangerous substances. These rules implement theInternational Maritime Dangerous
Goods Code (IMDG-Code) andtheCode ofSafe Practice forSolid Bulk Cargoes
(BC-Code) withtheinclusion ofallamendments, including the28thAmendment tothe
IMDG-Code andthe1996 amendment totheBC-Code, which must beadopted inthe
Guide Book ondangerous substances andtheGuide Book onjettisoned cargo
respectively, asadopted during 4thAssembly oftheInternational Maritime Organization.
TheIDMG-Code regulates thetransport ofpackaged dangerous goods byships; the
BC-Code regulates thetransport ofbulkcargo byship. Anindicative summary ofthe
technical regulations appears below:
Articles 1and2.
The IMDG-Code, compliance with which isobligatory, contains technical
regulations. From theBC-Code, onlyprovisions relating totheprovision ofinformation
areincorporated intheSOLAS Treaty andwhich arethereby compulsory onan
international level. Theremaining provisions must therefore beregarded astechnical
regulations which aretobenotified.
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7. Objective andrationale: Ifthisdraft amendment oftheNotice contains technical
barriers totrade thensuch measures arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting public
safety. With regard toforeign products which conform totherequirements, established
inthecountry oforigin, Article 3contains aprovision relating tomutual recognition.
8. Relevant documents:
- The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code including the
28thAmendment (MSC/Circ.741) andtheCode ofSafePractice forSolid Bulk
Cargoes including the1996 Amendments (MSC/Circ.742);
- TheShipping Decree 1965.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 11November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 12November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 10November 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: