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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.126
3May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1143)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofCommunication andInfrastructure
Traffic Department -Technical Division
RuedeleLoi155
1040 Brussels
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): Buses -Coaches
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Royal Order Amending the
Royal Order of15March 1968 onGeneral Regulations onTechnical Standards for
Vehicles, Vehicle Trailers, Parts thereof andSafety Fittings (Coach Length -15m.)
6. Description ofcontent: TheBelgian Government wishes toamend, assoonaspossible,
itsregulations onthelength ofbuses andcoaches, i.e.from 12m.to15m.(outside
limit)
7. Objective andrationale: Such vehicles without atrailer would notexceed thepresent
length foravehicle alone of12m.withatrailer. Since asingle vehicle rather thana
vehicle andtrailer ispreferable from thepoint ofviewofroadsafety, Belgium wishes to
carry outanationwide experiment using such vehicles while maintaining thesame
transport capacity.
Theindustry hasbeenconsulted onthisproject andgives itsfullsupport.
8. Relevant documents: Draft Royal Order Amending theRoyal Order of15March 1988
ontheGeneral Regulations onTechnical Standards forVehicles, Vehicle Trailers, Parts
thereof andSafety Fittings (Coach length -15m.)
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CIBELNOR