WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.563
13November 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4985)
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): Navigation bridge on
board ocean-going ships thebuilding ofwhich wascompleted onorbefore theentry into
force ofthepresent Notice.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheShipping
Industry Amending Notice totheShipping Industry No.229/1992 (Regulations on
Visibility from theNavigation Bridge)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepresent Notice contains rules regarding Regulations on
visibility from thenavigation bridge. These rules arebased onResolution A.708(17) of
theInternational Maritime Organization, onRegulations forvisibilty fromthenavigation
bridge andfortheuseofthenavigation bridge. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical
regulations appears below:
Articles 1,2and3.
Article 5recommends ISOStandard 8468 and8468/DAD. Thecontent ofthe
Notice conforms toNotice totheShipping Industry No.71/1992.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraftamendment oftheNotice contains technical barriers
totrade thensuchmeasures arejustified ongrounds oftheinterests oftheproctection of
public safety. Asforforeign products which comply withtheequivalent requirements
which arelaiddown inthecountry oforigin, aprovision isincluded inArticle 6with
regard tomutual recognition.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Ships Decree 1965;
- IMO Resolution A.708(17);
- Original explanatory note.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 11November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 12November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 10November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: