WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/195
18 April 2000
(00-1555)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   FINLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   EC WTO-TBT Enquiry Point, Ministry of the Interior
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):   This decree shall apply
to automatic fire extinguishing systems
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   M i n i s t r y  o f  t h e
Interior Decree on Automatic Fire Extinguishin g Systems (not available in English, 9 pages)
6. Description of content:   The proposal lays down the minimum requirements for design,
installation, maintenance and third party inspection of automatic sprinkler systems and other
automatic fire extinguishing systems in buildings.  Th proposal does not cover the technicalrequirements for the systems and their components nor their testing and approval.
Key words:  automatic fire extinguishing systems, automatic sprinkler systems.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
This Decree is needed in order to ensure that  automatic fire extinguishing systems that are
installed in buildings are suitable for their purpose and are in working order.  National
requirements have been drafted because there are yet no common European requirements.
8. Relevant documents:   After adaptation the Decree will be published in the Statue Book of
Finland
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined.
10. Final date for comments:   10 July 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           