. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LVA/11
4 September 2003
(03-4615)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Asbestos (HS: 2524),
articles of asbestos (HS: 6811;  6812;  6813)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendments to
Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of 25 April 2000 No. 158 "On the Restrictions and
Prohibitions of Marketing and Use of Dang erous Chemical Substances and Chemical
Products" (18 pages, in Latvian)
6. Description of content:   Regulation establishes specific restrictions and prohibitions
concerning operations with several dangerous chemical substances in dangerous chemicalproducts or materials, which contain dangerou s chemical substances or dangerous chemical
products or are treated with them.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To derogate and prevent harm of several chemical substances and chemical products to
human health environment.
8. Relevant documents:   83/478/EEC, 97/64/EC, 1999/ 51/EC, 1999/77/EC, 2001/41/EC,
2001/90/EC, 2001/91/EC, 2002/ 45/EC, 2002/61/EC, 2002/62/EC
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }September 2003
10. Final date for comments:   1 September 2003G/TBT/N/LVA/11
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Ministry of Health
Baznicas iela 25
RigaLV-1010
Latvia
Tel.: +371 7021 649
Fax: +371 7021 565
Email: Liga_Bilzone@vm.gov.lv