WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.562
1October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4121)
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): Electrically operated
elevators intended forpersons onboard ocean-going ships
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No. 294/1992 (Regulations
Governing Electrically Operated Elevators Intended forPersons onBoard Ships)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice contains Regulations governing electrically operated
elevators intended forpersons onboard ships. Electrically operated elevators intended
forpersons mustconform toNEN 28383orstandards equivalent tothese. Therelevant
NEN Standard isbased onInternational Standardization Standard ISO8383 "Lifts on
shipsafety requirements". Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations appears
below:
- Article 1;
- Article 4implements Directive 94/57/EC.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraft Amendment oftheNotice contains technical
barriers totrade thensuch measures arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting public
safety. With regard toforeign products which conform totherequirements, established
inthecountry oforigin, Article 5contains aprovision relating tomutual recognition.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Shipping Decree 1965;
- ISO8383.
Noexplanatory notewasappended totheoriginal Notice.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 11November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 12November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 10November 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: