WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.616
7October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4230)
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Inland waterways
shipping
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree Amending the
Inland Waterways Shipping Decree
6. Description ofcontent: Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations appears
below:
- Articles 19,26and36to44inclusive oftheInland Waterways Shipping
Decree;
- Appendix III.Appendix IIIcontains technical requirements relating topassenger
ships andisdrawn from theRules governing thetesting ofships navigating the
Rhine 1976 (Dutch designation: ROSR 1976) butisanational Regulation in
viewofitsscope.
7. Objective andrationale: Thepresent Decree hasbeenestablished toincrease safety on
inland waterways. Article 28contains amutual recognition clause inimplementation of
Directive 76/135/EEC.
8. Relevant documents:
- Inland Waterways Shipping Decree (16July1987);
- Original explanatory note.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 19November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 20November 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 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: