WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.650
7October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4273)
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): Inland navigation vessels
andseafaring vessels intended orused forthetransport ofdangerous substances on
Dutch inland waterways andshipping equipment forthese vessels.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Amending
the1997 Ministerial Regulation ontheTransport onInland Waterways ofDangerous
Substances (Dutch Designation: VBG)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisRegulation, which isbased ontheDecree onthetransport
ofdangerous substances, declares thattheRegulation drawn upbytheCentral Rhine
Navigation Board onthetransport ofdangerous substances ontheRhine (ADNR) applies
toallDutch inland waterways. TheDutch translation oftheADNR iscontained in
Appendix 1tothisRegulation. Moreover, anumber ofparticular provisions withregard
tothetransport ofdangerous substances byseafaring vessels (Appendix 2)andanumber
ofnational derogations from theADNR (Appendix 3)areprovided. Anindicative
summary ofthetechnical regulations isgiven below:
- Article 3oftheRegulation;
- Appendices 1uptoandincluding 3.
TheDutch Government notes, that, pursuant totherevised Actof1868
regarding navigation ontheRhine, thedrawing upofregulations regarding navigation
ontheRhine istheexclusive competence oftheCentral Rhine Navigation Board, and
thatnotification ofregulations regarding navigation ontheRhine does nottherefore
conform withtherevised Actregarding navigation ontheRhine. Thepresent Regulation
shallonlytherefore benotified inadvance totheextent thatitconcerns inland waterways
other thantheRhine, theWaal andtheLek.Articles 1,2,3a,4and5oftheRegulation
andAppendix 4(listofappointed orrecognised bodies toactascompetent authorities)
totheRegulation contain notechnical regulations.
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7. Objective andrationale: Totheextent thattheRegulation contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect within themeaning oftheAgreement on
Technical Barriers toTrade, these measures arejustified inorder toprotect theinterest
ofpublic safety, health andhuman life.With regard toforeign products which fulfil the
requirements drawn upinthecountry oforigin, amutual recognition provision is
contained inArticle 3aofthedraftRegulation.
8. Relevant documents:
- Decree regarding thetransport ofdangerous substances;
- Relevant provisions oftheInland Navigation Police Regulation withregard to
Appendix 3totheVBG;
- Appendix 4tothepresent Regulation;
- ADNR;
- original explanatory note.
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: