WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.706
31October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4782)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
AmtDerBurgenländischen Landesregierung (Local Government)
2. Agency responsible:
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Construction materials
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
(a)Burgenländisches Baugesetz 1997, (16pages, available inGerman)
(b)Burgenländische Bautechnikverordnung, (13pages, available inGerman)
6. Description ofcontent: TheConstruction Act(5a)regulates thepermit procedure for
construction projects.
TheTechnical Construction Decree (5b)implements technical standards forthese
construction projects.
7. Objective andrationale:
Simplification ofthepermit procedures;
Implementation ofnewtechnical standards.
8. Relevant documents: BGLD, Bauordnung 1969.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: December 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 15December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number other
body:
AmtDerBurgenländischen Landesregierung,
7000 Eisenstadt,
Freiheitsplatz 1
Fax: 0043/2682/61884