WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.238
4June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2337)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THE NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry fortheInterior, Directorate forPolice
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): TheRegulation relates to
therequirements tobemetbyback-up vehicles usedbymobile police units
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation ofthe
Minister fortheInterior of...1997, No.EA97/ ...Establishing theRequirements for
Back-up Vehicles Used byMobile Units (Appendix 1),(4pages inDutch andEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: TheRegulation refers totheprogramme ofrequirements tobe
metbygroup andcommando vehicles used bymobile police units when providing
back-up. Theprogramme ofrequirements concerns, interalia:
Passenger safety: standards areprescribed forresistance topenetration and
breakage.
Passenger comfort issubject torequirements.
Thefollowing standards apply:
1. NEN 5518: Ergonomic criteria forthelorry cab(1994);
2. NEN 3087: Visual ergonomics inrelation tolighting. Principles and
applications (1991);
3. NEN 6064: Determination ofnon-flammability ofbuilding materials
(1991);
4. DINED Table 1986: Estimates andmeasurements ofDutch adults
(between 20-60) (1986);
5. NEN-ISO 5128: Acoustics -measuring noise levels inside vehicles
(1990);
6. STANAG 4357, AVPT 03-160 W:Description ofthetest.
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7. Objective andrationale:
8. Relevant documents: Directive 91/263/EEC, Telecommunications Provisions Act,
Terminal Equipment Decision
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:28July1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 14July1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: