./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/76
13 July 1998
(98-2754)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
A LIST OF MEMBERS WHOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES, DIRECTLY BELOW
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, ARE AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT TECHNICAL
REGULATIONS OR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
Note by the Secretariat
At the First Triennial Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement on
Techncial Barriers to Trade, the Committee agreed that "based on information provided by Members,
a list will be prepared by the Secretariat to indicate those Members whose local government bodies,
directly below the central government level, ar e authorized to adopt technical regulations or
conformity assessment procedures".  This list has been prepared in response to the request.
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AUSTRIA
Local government bodies
As far as regulations adopted by the Austrian sub-federal authorities (Bundesländer) are
concerned, information and notification procedures take place through the central government.
BELGIUM
Local government bodies empowered to issue te chnical regulations and conformity assessment
procedures
Ministère de la Communauté Française
Place Surlet de Chokier 15-17
1000 Bruxelles
Tel: +32.2/227.32.11
Fax: +32.2/218.70.28
Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Boudewijnlaan 30
1000 Bruxelles
Tel: +32.2/507.31.11
Fax: +32.2/507.59.59G/TBT/W/76
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Ministerium Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
Klötzerbahn 32
4700 Eupen
Tel: +32.87/74.45.39
Fax: +32.87/55.28.91
Ministère de la Région Wallonne
Place de la Wallonie 1
5000 Namur
Tel: +32.81/33.31.11
Fax: +32.81/33.37.77
Ministère de la Région Bruxelles-Capitale
Rue Royale 2
1000 Bruxelles
Tel: +32.2/518.17.11
Fax: +32.2/518.17.39
The Belgian communities and regions notify their draft regulations through CIBELNOR.
GERMANY
Local government bodies
The German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) authorizes the 15 "Länder" to adopt technical
regulations in areas other than those expressly reserved for the federal government. As far as
regulations adopted by the German sub-federal authorities are concerned, information and notification
procedures take place through the central government.
SWITZERLAND
There exist local governmental bodies authorized to adopt technical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures.  However, 90 per cent of all the technical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures in Switzerland are adopted at the Federal level.
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