WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.479
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3904)
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 ofEconomic Affairs
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): Measuring instruments
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Weights andMeasures
Regulation onMeasuring Instruments
6. Description ofcontent: Chapter 1gives thedefinitions relevant tothisRegulation and
stipulates thattheprovisions must betaken intoaccount intypeapproval, inspection,
re-inspection, testing, asspecified inArticle 16.1oftheWeights andMeasures Act,and
monitoring. Italsocontains anexemption from typeapproval forslidegauges andmilk
measuring buckets. Chapter 2contains technical regulations. Heading 1specifies
general provisions forallmeasuring instruments. Heading 2contains particular
provisions withregard toslidegauges andallother measuring instruments formeasuring
length. Heading 3contains particular provisions formeasuring instruments for
measuring area. Heading 4contains provisions formeasuring instruments formeasuring
volume withdiscontinuous effect. Inaddition toanumber ofprovisions which apply to
allinstruments formeasuring volume, particular provisions formilkmeasuring buckets
aregiven. Chapter 3contains transitional andfinalprovisions.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraft Regulation contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect, these measures arejustified toprotect the
interests oftheconsumer andfairtrade. Aclause ofmutual recognition (Article 2a)has
beenincluded forthebenefit ofproducts from other States oftheEuropean Economic
Area which fulfil therequirements setinthecountry oforigin.
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8. Relevant documents:
-The(original) Weights andMeasures Regulation onMeasuring Instruments, with
Annexes (Government Gazette 1989, 83);
-Articles 1oftheWeights andMeasures Regulation onLPGMeasuring Installations
(Government Gazette 1989, 83),theWeights andMeasures Regulation onPetrol
Pumps (Government Gazette 1989, 83),theWeights andMeasures Regulation on
Fluid Level Metres (Government Gazette 1989, 81),theWeights andMeasures
Regulation onFluid Metres (Government Gazette 1989, 83),theWeights and
Measures Regulation onMeasuring Tanks (Government Gazette 1989, 81),the
Weights andMeasures Regulation onShip'sTanks (Government Gazette 1989, 81),
andArticle 1(D)oftheWeights andMeasures Regulation;
-theWeights andMeasures Decision, paragraph 2(D)(a1) and(b),andII(A)(a)(b)
(c)and(d)(Government Gazette 1939, 107).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 27October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 28October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45daysif
nocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: