WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.118
6May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1763)
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 ofEmployment andLabour
Administration ofOccupational Safety
rueBelliard 51
1040 Brussels
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): Gascylinders covered by
Optional Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and84/527/EEC butnotconstructed
and/or accepted inconformity withthese optional directives.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ministerial Order
Waiving theProvisions ofArticles 2,3,4,6and7oftheRoyal Order of12June1989
Implementing theDirectives oftheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities Relating to
Seamless Steel GasCylinders, Seamless Unalloyed Aluminium andAluminium Alloy
GasCylinders andWelded Unalloyed Steel GasCylinders
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose oftheOrder istoallow themarketing ofgas
cylinders which donotcomply withtheprovisions ofOptional Directives 84/525/EEC,
84/526/EEC and84/527/EEC, ordonotcomply withtheprovisions oftheRoyal Order
of12June1989, buthavebeenlawfully manufactured and/or commercialized inanother
member State inaccordance with requirements thatensure appropriate andadequate
safety.
7. Objective andrationale: Tointroduce intotheRegulations amutual recognition clause
forgascylinders lawfully manufactured and/or commercialized inanother member State.
Development ofasufficiently flexible andrapid procedure forgranting suchrecognition.
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8. Relevant documents: Royal Order of12June1989 implementing theDirectives ofthe
Council oftheEuropean Communities relating toseamless steelgascylinders, seamless
unalloyed aluminium andaluminium alloy gascylinders andwelded unalloyed steelgas
cylinders.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CIBELNOR