WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.464
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3890)
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 ofJustice
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): Uniforms, materials used
inthedesign ofthebuilding inwhich theprivate security organization isbased in
addition tomaterial thatisused byprivate companies transporting money andother
valuable commodities.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Governing
Private Security Organizations
6. Description ofcontent: Article 9oftheMilitary andPrivate Security Organization Act
stipulates thattheMinister forJustice mayestablish thedesign ofthebuilding inwhich
theprivate security organization isbased, thematerials usedandthewearing ofuniforms
which are,asfaraspossible, identical. Hehasusedthisauthority intheRegulation
governing private security organizations. According totheDutch Government, point 5
oftheaforementioned Regulation probably contains technical regulations within the
meaning oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade. Anindicative summary of
theremaining technical regulations appears below. Article 12stipulates thataperson
whocarries outduties ofasecurity nature ishereby charged towear aministerially
approved uniform. Theapproval foruniforms principally stipulates thattheymust not,
anymore thanisnecessary, resemble those uniforms worn bythepolice andarmed
forces. Article 21stipulates thatthematerial usedbytheprivate emergency centre must
satisfy therequirements established inAppendix 5.Points 2.1, 3.1and3.2of
Appendix 5contain technical specifications which relate tothestrength, bullet- and
impact-proof properties ofthematerials usedinthedesign andconstruction ofabuilding
ofaprivate emergency centre.
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):Appendix 5acontains Directives withregard totheway
inwhich therequired bullet- andimpact-proof testsmust becarried out.Theresults
must beincorporated inatestreport. Article 23stipulates thatthematerial usedbya
private company transporting money andother valuable commodities must satisfy the
requirements laiddown inAppendix 6ofthisRegulation. Appendix 6contains
requirements withregard tovehicles which areused fortheprivate transportation of
money andother valuable commodities. Point 9.2stipulates thatthetelecommunications
network must satisfy therequirements established inorinaccordance with the
Telecommunications Provision Acti.e.thatanauthorization from theMinister of
Transport, Public Works andWater Management isrequired forthepossession anduse
oftransmitters andthatastatement ofapproval isrequired from theMinister
demonstrating thatthisistheapproved type.
7. Objective andrationale: Therequirements which areestablished inArticles 12,21and
23andAppendices 5,5aand6oftheRegulation apply without distinction toproducts of
Dutch andforeign origin. Insofar asthedraft contains technical barriers totrade then
suchmeasures arejustified because oftheneed toavoid confusion between thepolice
andarmed forces andtoensure thesafety ofsecurity personnel andtosafeguard the
security services (public order). Atestreport compiled byaninspection institute from
another member State pursuant totherequirements inAppendix 5aisrecognized. For
theissue ofastatement ofapproval fortransmitter, testscarried outinanother member
State, pursuant toequivalent requirements, arerecognized.
8. Relevant documents:
-Explanatory note totheoriginal Regulation governing private security
organizations;
-Article 9oftheMilitary andPrivate Security Organizations Act;
-Article 17oftheTelecommunications Provision Act;
-Article C.2.1. oftheDecree relating toradio-electric devices.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:26October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 25October 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: