WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.144
19March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1125)
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 ofHousing, Spatial Planning andtheEnvironment.
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above:
National Enquiry Point -ECWTO-TBT 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):
Theprovisions (interms ofcontent) relate indirectly to
construction products usedinanexisting structure.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Regulation
under theBuildings Decree onExisting Buildings 1998.
6. Description ofcontent: Thisconcerns, ontheonehand, provisions interms ofcontent
implementing anumber ofarticles contained intheBuildings Decree relating toexisting
structures, and,ontheother hand, thedetailed designation ofstandard sheets towhich
theprovisions oftheBuildings decree relating toexisting structures, andofthis
regulation, refer. This regulation replaces thecurrent regulations, which provide for
these provisions interms ofcontent andthisdetailed designation ofstandard sheets. The
standard sheets inquestion here have inthemeantime been harmonized with the
provisions andmethodology oftheBuildings Decree andthecurrent regulations issued
pursuant tothatDecree. This means thatthedetailed provisions interms ofcontent
contained inthecurrent regulations cancease toapply.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: The
technical requirements interms ofcontent, aswellasthetechnical requirements in
which reference ismade tostandard sheets, relating toexisting structures areissued with
aview tosafety, health andusability. This concerns provisions which, interms of
public law,anexisting structure must fulfil asaminimum inorder forthestructure to
beabletobeusedassuch.
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8. Relevant documents: Housing Act;Article 2ofthisActforms thebasis forissuing
provisions forexisting structures byorpursuant totheBuildings Decree. Article 3of
thisActforms thebasis forreferences tostandards byorpursuant totheBuildings
Decree; Buildings Decree; articles 73,82,paras. 2and3,83,84,86,92,93,94,153,
156,paras. 2and3,162,163,232,para. 1,236,para. 7,257,para. 1,261,para. 7,
289,298,paras. 2and3,311,312,313,324to329incl., 331,340to345incl., 347,
381and416.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 18May1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 11May1998.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: