WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.290
18 June 1999
(99-2473)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWEDEN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   The Swedish National Road Administration
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   National Board of Trade
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X  ], 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):   Taximeters
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposal/The
Swedish National Road Administration's Regulations on Taxi Traffic (30 pages, inSwedish)
6. Description of content:   The proposal implies mainly the following changes in relation to
present regulations:
(a) More precise regulations on how taximeters shall be used;
(b) more precise regulations on the functionality of taximeters;
(c) new and more precise regulations on the installation, inspection and sealing
of taximeters;
(d) more stringent regulations on workshops approved for inspection and
sealing of taximeters.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Present regulations were developed a nd introduced to meet the expected
demands raised by the deregulation of the taxi market in Sweden.  The development of
the market after the deregulation has made  evident the need fo r more detailed and
precise regulations regarding the taximeter's functionality and, in some aspects, its
design as well as on the use a nd inspection of the equipment.
8. Relevant documents:   The Commercial Traffic Act (1998:  490);  the Commercial Traffic
Ordinance (1998:  779);  the Ordinance on Inspection (1993:  1065)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:}As soon as possible
10. Final date for comments:   25 August 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body: