WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.559
30September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4096)
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): Portholes, lightframes
andframes onboard ocean-going ships
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No.269/1990 (Regulations for
Portholes, Light Frames andFrames)
6. Description ofcontent: This Notice totheShipping Industry contains rules onthe
construction, materials andstrength ofportholes, lightframes andframes. These rules
arebased onstandards laiddown bytheInternational Organization forStandardization
(ISO). TheDutch Standardization Institute (NNI) hasadopted therelevant ISO
standards asDutch NEN-ISO standards.
Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations isincluded below: Article 1.
ThisNotice largely corresponds toNotice totheShipping Industry No.9/1989.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraftamendment oftheNotice contains technical
barriers totrade, these measures arejustified ongrounds oftheprotection ofthe
interests ofpublic safety. Asforforeign products which comply withtherequirements
laiddown inthecountry oforigin, aprovision isincluded inArticle 3withreference to
mutual recognition.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Ships Act1965
There wasnoExplanatory Note totheoriginal Notice.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 11November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 12November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 10November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: