WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.556
30September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4079)
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): Open-topped round-trip
boats withalength oflessthan20metres
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Amending
theRegulation of20December 1990 onSafety Provisions forOpen-Topped Round-Trip
Boats (Government Gazette 248)(Regulation onOpen-Topped Round-Trip Boats)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepresent Regulation isbased onArticle 47oftheInland
Shipping Decree. TheRegulation refers among other things tostandards from Annex II
totheInland Shipping Decree. This Annex IIisidentical toAnnex IItoDirective
B2/714/EEC. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical provisions isgiven below:
Articles 2uptoandincluding 16.
7. Objective andrationale: TheRegulation hasbeendrawn upwithaview toincreasing
safety oninland waterways. Open-topped round-trip boats asdefined intheRegulation
areexclusively intended fornavigation inalimited area. Onthebasis ofthepresent
Regulation, special technical requirements have been drawn upforthese ships.
Regarding foreign ships which comply withtherequirements drawn upinthecountry of
origin, amutual recognition provision isincluded inArticle 17.
8. Relevant documents:
- Inland Shipping Decree;
- Original explanatory note.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 6November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 7November 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 5November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: