WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.672
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4410)
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): Blueandyellow rotating
andflashing lights andtwo-tone andthree-tone horns.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation
Designating Emergency Services, Defining Activities and Circumstances and
Establishing Visual andSound Signals (Decree Relating toVisual andSound Signals)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Regulation contains requirements with which the
rotating andflashing lights referred toinpoint 4must comply. ThisRegulation also
designates theemergency services which mayusethese lights andhorns.
7. Objective andrationale: These measures arejustified inorder toprotect traffic safety
andthesafety ofthedriver andpassengers.
8. Relevant documents: Thedraft Regulation isbased onArticle 13,paragraph 2,ofthe
1994 Road Traffic ActandonArticles 29and30ofthe1990 Rules governing traffic
rules andtraffic signs.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 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: