WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.104
23April 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1500)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FINLAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Finnish Maritime Administration
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Construction and
furnishing materials ofships (such asbulkheads, decks, doors, primary deckcoverings,
floor coverings, insulation materials, surface materials, textiles)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Fire Safety
Classification forConstruction andFurnishing Materials Used onBoard Ships (1996),
12pages, available inFinnish, Swedish andEnglish
6. Description ofcontent: Therules describe thetype-approval procedure, applicable fire
testprocedures andthequality control tobeusedfortheconstruction andfurnishing
materials.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety. Therules update theexisting rules from year1984.
8. Relevant documents: Thedocument willbepublished intheInformation Bulletin of
Finnish Maritime Administration
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Tobedetermined.
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 9July1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: