WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.509
24September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3956)
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):
(a) Ocean-going ships weighing 1,600 tonnes ormore thebuilding ofwhich is
completed onorafter1August 1987. Inthecaseofocean-going ships weighing
1,600 tonnes ormore completed before 1August 1987 andinthecaseofships
weighing lessthan1,600 tonnes completed onorafter1August 1987 where this
isreasonably andpractically possible;
(b) measuring apparatus formeasuring thenoise levelonboard ships;
(c) hearing protection foruseonboard ships.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No.213/1987 (Regulations onNoise
Levels onBoard Ships)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice laysdown rules relating tomaximum permissible
noise levels atvarious locations onboard inorder toimprove work circumstances and
safety onboard. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations contained inthe
Annex totheNotice appears below: Section 3,Section 4,Section 5,Section 6and
Section 7.ThisNotice implements IMO Resolution A.468(XII) anddoesnotcontain
anysupplementary national regulations.
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7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraftamendment oftheNotice contains technical barriers
totrade thensuchmeasures arejustified onthegrounds ofprotection ofpublic safety
andthehealth ofhuman beings. Asforforeign products which comply with the
equivalent requirements laiddown inthecountry oforigin, aprovision isincluded in
Article 2withreference tomutual recognition.
8. Relevant documents:
- Ships Decree 1965;
- IMO Resolution A.468(XII).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 5November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 6November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4November 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: