WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.221
29May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2249)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: DENMARK
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Miljøstyrelsen
Strandgade 29
DK1401 Copenhagen K.
Tel: 3266 0100 Fax: 3266 0479
Contact-person: Marianne Moth orTorben Wallach
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): SITC 7309 and7322
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Bekendtg ørelse om
Olietanke ogPipe-Lines. (Statuary Order onStationary Containers/Tanks for
Oil-Products andPipelines) (25pages, Danish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thenewstatuary order relieves theexisting order from 1980.
Therules have been tightened up. Alltypes of(new) stationary containers for
oil-products arenowcovered bytype-approval. Adjustment ofclaims fortype-approval.
Claim forcertain materials ortype-approval for(new) pipes from these containers.
Prohibition ofburying ofsmall containers (less than 6,000 l.)supplying detached
houses. Compulsory mounting ofdifferent devices (alarms fortoomuch filling, pipes
system tobemade unified) onsmall containers (lessthan6,000 l.)supplying detached
houses.
7. Objective andrationale: Theobjective istoprevent oil-spilling, andinthatwayprotect
theenvironment, specially drinking- andgroundwater. Denmark isfor99percentof
it'sdrinking-water supply dependent onthegroundwater.
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8. Relevant documents: Draft Statuary Order enclosed
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Theplanned dateofadoption is1September 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 15August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: