WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.56
6March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0921)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Board ofHousing, Building andPlanning
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Cableways
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Changed Regulations
About LiftsandCertain Other Motor-Driven Installations
6. Description ofcontent: New andexisting aerial ropeways shall besodesigned and
installed thattheriskofinjury topersons islimited ifanunexpected change ofthe
moving direction ofthecableway occurs. Onewaytofulfil therequirements inthe
provision isthesolution given intheadvisory note, identical totheonegiven inthe
proposal foraprEN 242006:1995, Chapter 6.11.4.
7. Objective andrationale: During thelastyears, wehave hadoneaccident andseveral
incidents duetothelackofthissafety measure. Wewant toavoid amore serious
accident happening inthefuture.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:About 15June1997 and1July1997.
10. Final dateforcomments: 7May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: