WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.653
10October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4324)
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): Ocean-going ships and
fishing vessels
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment ofthe
Shipping Decree 1965 andoftheFishing Vessels inConnection withtheStatute Lawof
12April 1995, Amending theShipping Act(Bulletin ofActsandDecrees 301), andwith
theIntroduction ofaHarmonized System ofSurvey andCertification
6. Description ofcontent: Thisdraft Decree aligns theShipping Decree 1965 withthe
1988 Protocols totheSOLAS Convention andtheLoad LineTreaty, which introduced,
inter alia,theharmonized system ofsurvey andcertification (HSSC), andtothe
amendment totheSOLAS Convention which added Chapters IX(International Safety
Management Code), X(High Speed Craft Code) andXI(new safety regulations) tothe
Convention.
Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations appears below:
Article 1:subparagraph B(Article 2);subparagraph C(Articles 7,9,first
paragraph, and10,firstparagraph); subparagraph F(Article 43a); subparagraph H
(Article 51,second paragraph); subparagraph K(Article 92a); subparagraph M
(Article 97); subparagraph O(2); Article III:subparagraphs AandB;Article IV,
subparagraphs BandC.ThisDecree onlycontains amendments toother Decrees and
hasnoindependent significance. Itshall cease toexist assoon asithasentered into
effect.
TheDecrees which areamended bythisDecree aretheShipping Decree 1965
andtheFishing Vessels Decree.
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7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraftcontains quantitative import restrictions ormeasures
ofequal effect within themeaning oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade then
suchmeasures arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting public safety andhealth and
human life.
Aprovision relating tomutual recognition hasbeen included intheDecrees
amended bythisDecree, namely theShipping Decree 1965 andtheFishing Vessels
Decree.
8. Relevant documents:
- Shipping Decree 1965;
- Fishing Vessels Decree;
- theexplanatory notetotheoriginal Decree.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 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: