WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.40
7February 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0466)
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, Public Works andWater Management -
Directorate General ofShipping andMaritime Affairs (DGSM)
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): Regulations relate to,
inter alia,theconstruction, layout andequipping ofsea-going vessels, aswellasthe
correct fastening ofcargo onboard sea-going vessels.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Order Governing the
Amendment oftheShipping Order 1965 (Government Gazette 367) Regarding
Amendments totheInternational Convention fortheSafety ofLife atSea, with
Appendices (Bulletin ofTreaties 1977, 77), Reassessment ofMaritime Safety
Regulations andaNumber ofTechnical Changes
6. Description ofcontent: Theregulations contained inthepresent Order referto:
(a) Leakage stability ofexisting roll-on/roll-off passenger ships;
(b) safety inlarge openspaces, suchasatriums;
(c) firesafety onboard existing passenger ships;
(d) instructions andexercises when vacating avessel; and
(e) fastening cargo units.
Astosubsection (a),thefollowing remark ismade. Inorder toimplement the
London Agreement andcomplement theSOLAS Convention, additional requirements
have been prescribed interms ofleakage stability (seeArticle II,Section A,ofthe
Order (pages 6,7and8)andanexplanatory note(pages 5and6).Byreassessing the
maritime safety regulations, itishoped thattheregulations current within theKingdom
oftheNetherlands, which transcend international standards, willbemore congruent with
international regulations.
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7. Objective andrationale: Thepurpose ofthepresent Order istoimplement anumber of
binding resolutions oftheMaritime Safety Commission oftheInternational Maritime
Organisation. Itconcerns theresolutions 22(59), 23(59), 24(60), 27(61) and42(64),
which amend certain sections oftheSOLAS Convention. Thereassessment ofthe
maritime safety regulations isbased onthenewmaritime shipping policy which hasbeen
laiddown recently bytheNetherlands.
8. Relevant documents: Thebasetextsrefertotheresolutions listed under point 7.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Assoonaspossible after4April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4April 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: