WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.87
12April 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1317)
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: Ministry oftheEnvironment
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): Marine engines
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: LawonNoise and
Exhaust GasRequirements onMarine Engines. Regulation onNoise andExhaust Gas
Requirements onMarine Engines
6. Description ofcontent: TheLaw andRegulation stipulate noise andexhaust gas
requirements onmarine engines forships withahulllength notexceeding 24metres.
Therequirements arelimitvalues nottobeexceeded when theengines areplaced onthe
market. Themanufacturer orhisrepresentative inSweden isliable forconformity tothe
requirements. Marine engines arenotsubject toprior approval byanauthority. Nordo
theyhave tobetested atspecial Notified Bodies. Ataninspection themanufacturer
must instead beprepared toprove thathisengines meettherequirements. Iftheengines
donotmeet therequirements thesupervisory authority caninstruct themanufacturer or
hisrepresentative toadopt themeasures necessary forremedying theshortcomings or
prohibit further sales. Every engine thatmeets therequirements shallbemarked. The
Law andtheRegulation willenter intoforce intwosteps, 1January 1998 and
1January 1999.
7. Objective andrationale: Thepurpose oftheLawandtheRegulation istodecrease the
emissions ofcarbon monoxide, hydrocarbons andnitrogen oxides from marine engines
andtoreduce noise from theengines.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 1January 1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 1999
10. Final dateforcomments: 17June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: