WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.84
12April 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1314)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National 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 maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Swedish commercial
vessels lessthan15metres, butmore than5.5metres inlength
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TheMaritime
Administrations Notice with Regulations Concerning Building Requirements for
Commercial Vessels Lessthan15Metres inLength
6. Description ofcontent: TheNordic BoatStandard forCommercial Boats (NBS-Y), has
been developed incooperation between theMaritime Safety Administrations in
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden andDetNorske Veritas. TheStandard
contains requirements concerning buoyancy, stability, rudder, fireprotection, scantling,
machinery, accommodation, equipment andconstruction withsupplementary provisions
regarding thematerial ofthehullandtypeoftrade. Asystem forinspection and
certification isalsooutlined.
7. Objective andrationale: Theaimofthisnotice istofilltheneed ofregulating the
building ofsmall commercial vessels inaharmonized wayintheNordic countries.
8. Relevant documents: Nordic BoatStandard forCommercial Boats (NBS-Y)
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Assoonaspossible
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 10June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: