WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.644
10October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4322)
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): Offshore supply ships
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No. 280/1992 (Regulations
Governing theWater Seal, Stability andWater-Tight Partition ofOffshore Supply Ships)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice contains rules onmeasures fortheprevention of
capsizing, measures relating tostability, leakage stability andthewater-tight partition.
These rules arebased onIMO Resolutions A.469 (XII) andA.562 (14). Anindicative
summary ofthetechnical regulations appears below: Article 1,Appendix Iand
Appendix II.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraft amendment oftheNotice contains quantitative
import restrictions ormeasures ofequal effect within themeaning oftheAgreement on
Technical Barriers toTrade thensuch measures arejustified intheinterest ofpublic
health andsafety andinorder toprotect human life. With regard toforeign products
which conform totherequirements, established inthecountry oforigin, Article 2
contains aprovision relating tomutual recognition.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Shipping Decree;
- IMO Resolution A.469 (XII) andA.562 (14);
- Noexplanatory notewasincluded intheoriginal Notice.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 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: