WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.512
29September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4026)
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): Emergency electrical
power supply onboard fishing vessels thelength ofwhich islessthan24metres.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No.1/1989 (Emergency Electrical
Power Supply onBoard Vessels theLength ofwhich isLessthan24Metres, andthe
Master Electrical Power Supply ofwhich isFitted withaBuffer Accumulator)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice contains regulations governing emergency electrical
power supply, buffer accumulators andreserve power supplies forradio equipment. The
Notice contains national requirements.
Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations appears below:
Articles 1to5inclusive.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraftamendment oftheNotice contains technical barriers
totrade thensuch measures arejustified intheinterests ofpublic safety andhuman
health. With regard toforeign products which conform tosimilar requirements,
established inthecountry oforigin, Article 6contains aprovision withregard tomutual
recognition.
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8. Relevant documents: TheFishing Vessel Decree
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 5November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 6November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4November 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: