RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.198
29June1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1792)
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: Electrical Inspectorate
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): Safety switch
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Electrical Inspectorate Circular on
Safety Switch (KY119-95) (available inFinnish, 5pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose oftheCircular istoprovide thedefinition ofa
safety switch andtoreserve itforspecific switch devices only. TheCircular establishes
thescope ofuseofthesafety switch, andstates therequirements ontheelectrical and
mechanical characteristics ofswitches.
Thedifferences totheEN60947-3 Standard relate tomarking andlocking
requirements thatareessential withviewtosafety.
7. Objective andrationale: Electrical safety andlabour protection
8. Relevant documents: EN60947-3
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Entry intoforce: 1January 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 28August 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: