RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.264
6September 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2570)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: GERMANY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Federal Ministry ofTransport
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):
Ships andshipsafety equipment
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document:
Seventh Ordinance toAmend theShipSafety Ordinance (Siebente Verordnung
zurÄnderung derSchiffssicherheitsverordnung), 21pages
6. Description ofcontent:
(i) Provisions fortheimplementation of:
(a)Resolution 1oftheConference ofContracting Governments tothe
International Convention fortheSafety ofLifeatSea,1974, adopted on
24May1994 ("Adoption ofAmendments totheAnnex totheInternational
Convention fortheSafety ofLifeatSea,1974");
(b)Resolution MSC.31(63), adopted bytheMaritime Safety Committee ofthe
International Maritime Organization on23May 1994 ("Adoption of
amendments totheInternational Convention fortheSafety ofLife at
Sea,1974");
(c)Resolution MSC.42(64), adopted bytheMaritime Safety Committee ofthe
International Maritime Organization on9December 1994 ("Adoption of
amendments totheInternational Convention fortheSafety ofLife at
Sea,1974");
./.G/TBT/Notif.95.264
Page2
Description ofcontent (cont'd):
(ii) Provisions fortheadaptation ofexisting national shipsafety regulations tothe
requirements of:
(a)Council Directive 95/21/EC of19June1995 concerning theenforcement, in
respect ofshipping using Community ports andsailing inthewaters under
thejurisdiction ofmember States, ofinternational standards forshipsafety,
pollution prevention, andshipboard living andworking conditions (port state
control);
(b)Council Directive 94/57/EC of22November 1994 oncommon rules and
standards forshipinspection andsurvey organizations andfortherelevant
activities ofmaritime administrations;
(iii) Provisions toamend andsupplement existing national regulations asembodied in
theShipSafety Ordinance.
7. Objective andrationale: Improvement inthesafety ofcargo andpassenger ships.
8. Relevant documents: Forrelevant documents refertoItem6.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce:
(i)1January 1996
(ii)3March 1996
(iii)1July1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 31October 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Bundesministerium fürVerkehr
Postfach 200100
D-53170 Bonn Telefax number: 0228-300-3428
3429