WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/1
10 January 2001
(01-0104)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   National Enquiry
Point – EC WTO TBT Enquiry Point
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):   Traffic lights, traffic
signalling equipment.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation from the
Minister for Transport and Public Works of 2001 amending the Regulation on Traffic
Lights, No CDJZ/WBI/2000-807
6. Description of content:   On the basis of standard NEN 3322, traffic signalling equipment -
traffic lights - additional requirements, issued by the Dutch Institute for Standardisation andstandard NEN-EN 12368, traffic signalling equipment - traffic lights, issued by the Dutch
Institute for Standardisation, technical requirements are set for traffic lights and traffic
signalling equipment.  In the amendment to the Regulation of 15 December 1997 reference
is made to this.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To ensure traffic safety, technical regulations have been drawn up with regard to traffic
lights and traffic signalling equipment.  Reference should be made to these in the roadtraffic type approval legislation.
8. Relevant documents:   Road Traffic Type Approval Act 1994 (Bulletin of Acts and
Decrees 1996, 396), Regulation of 15 December 1997, Official Gazette 245, amended by
Regulation of 22 September 1999, Official Gazette 188
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }5 March 2001
10. Final date for comments:   5 February 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: