WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.172
25April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1816)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry forInternal Affairs
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National Enquiry Point
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): Voting machines foruse
intheelection ofgeneral representative bodies
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Annex totheDraft
Regulation oftheState Secretary forInternal Affairs Laying Down theConditions and
Procedure fortheApproval ofVoting Machines (Approval Regulation forVoting
Machines)
6. Description ofcontent: IntheNetherlands, onlythose voting machines canbeusedfor
voting atelections which havebeenapproved bytheMinister forInternal Affairs. For
thepurpose ofthisapproval, conditions forvoting machines should belaiddown. The
Annex tothedraftRegulation oftheState Secretary forInternal Affairs laying down the
conditions andprocedure includes functional conditions forvoting machines inthis
respect. Thedraft Regulation makes provisions inaprocedure fortheapproval of
voting machines. Thefunctional conditions contain i.e.conditions onuser-friendliness,
reliability, safety andconfidentiality. Noprovisions aremade governing thewayin
which these conditions must becomplied withfrom atechnical point ofview. Thisis
therefore leftuptothemanufacturer.
7. Objective andrationale: Previously published conditions arenotcurrently applied inthe
Netherlands fortheapproval ofvoting machines. Thedraft Regulation extends to
changing this.
8. Relevant documents: Thedraft Regulation isbased onArticle J33,para. 1,ofthe
Elections Act(Annex 2)andArticle J14oftheElections Order
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:15June1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 12May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: