WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.55
19March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-00979)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Czech Office forStandards, Metrology andTesting (COSMT)
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): Shipanchors
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Czech Standard
CSN328232 Anchor Inventory ofInland Vessels -ShipAnchors (available inCzech,
23pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Standard specifies thetechnical requirements,
dimensions, testing methods andmarking oftheshipanchors ofthetypes usedatinland
vessels, asfollows:
(1) Anchor with increased intensity ofhold -depicted inFig2,weight and
dimensions inTable 3;
(2) welded anchor withcavity stockless arms andbroad blades -Fig3andTable 4;
(3) welded stockless balanced anchor -Fig4andTable 5;
(4) casted stockless balanced anchor -Fig5andTable 6;
(5) Elbeanchor -Fig6andTable 7.
Alltheprovisions ofthedraftStandard aremandatory.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
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8. Relevant documents: (1)Notice willbepublished intheOfficial Journal ofthe
COSMT, (2)Draft Czech Standard CSN328232 Anchor Inventory ofInland Vessels -
ShipAnchors, (3)Official Journal oftheCOSMT.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: September 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 30April 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
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