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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.224
4 June 1998
(98-2288)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SWEDEN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Swedish National Board of Occupational Safety and Health
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  National Board of Trade
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where appl icable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Safety nets
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Building and Civil
Engineering Work (Sections 82-89) (3 pages, Swedish)
 6. Description of content:  Safety nets shall be so designed and manufactured that:
- They with a satisfactory degree of safety are able to catch persons falling from a
height;
- falling persons are not injured at contact with the net;  and
- the ability of the net to catch falling persons is satisfactory during the life-span of
the net.
A written instruction shall be enclosed by delivery.  The instruction shall describe
how the net is to be erected, used and disman tled and also how it shall be stored, taken
care of and inspected.  Further the instruction shall state the day for withdrawal of the net
from service or how the remaining time of use ma y be determined by tensile testing of test
ropes and consequent calculation from these test results.G/TBT/Notif.98.224
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
It shall not be permitted to deliver equipmen t to be used as safety nets that with a
satisfactory degree of safety could not be expected to fulfil their purpose as to catch persons
falling from a height.
Upon delivery, a safety net shall be accompanied by a written instruction, indicating
the items that need to be considered so the net, with a satisfactory degree of safety may be
expected to catch persons, falling from a height.
8. Relevant documents: Work Environment Act (1977:1160) and Work Environment Ordinance
(1977:1166)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 October 1998
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 1999
10. Final date for comments:  15 July 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
other body: