WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/DNK/14
5 February 2003
(03-0742)
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:   DENMARK
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Danish Maritime Authority
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:           
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):   Lighters, barges and
other vessels without propulsion machinery
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   199906278 Technical
Regulation on Barges' Construction and Equipment etc. (3 pages, in Danish)
6. Description of content:   The technical regulation for barges' construction and equipment
etc. requires barges to be constructed and equipped like a SOLAS ship with the exception ofregulations for propulsion.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The technical regulation shall ensure the safety of barges.
8. Relevant documents:   -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 April 2003
10. Final date for comments:   15 March 2003
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:
Dansk Standard
Kollegievej 6
2920 Charlottenlund