WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/DNK/3
14 November 2001
(01-5793)
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 Agency
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):   Passenger ships engaged
in international voyages notwithstanding of size and cargo ships with a length of 15 m and
above or a scantling number of 100 and above engaged in both national and international
voyages.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   199918171 Notice B
from the Danish Maritime Authority (215 pages, in Danish)
6. Description of content:   Provisions about building of ships and equipment etc., convention
provisions and additional national provisions.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The objective of the regulations are both to put the accepted and mandatory amendments to
the SOLAS convention into force on 1 July 2002 and to harmonize the Danish regulations
for small ships not covered by the convention w ith the regulations for larger ships covered
by the SOLAS convention.  The provisions for non-convention cargo ships are now
included in the amended Notice B with the necessary modifications.
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   1 January 2002
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