WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.199
20April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1573)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWITZERLAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Swiss Federal Office ofMetrology
Agency orauthority designed tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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
usedforofficial speed measurements ofroadvehicles.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Verordnung über
Geschwindigkeitsmessmittel fürdenStrassenverkehr
6. Description ofcontent: Regulations onmetrological properties ofandtypeapproval and
verification procedures formeasuring instruments usedforofficial speed measurements
ofroadvehicles.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: With
thisRegulation well-established procedures usedforyears arenowembodied inthelaw.
8. Relevant documents: TheOrdinance isbased onArticle 9,paragraph 2oftheFederal
LawonMetrology (9June1997, SR941.20)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1August 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 8June1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: