WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.690
17October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4519)
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 ofEconomic 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): Gasmeters
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Weights andMeasures
Regulation onGasMeters
6. Description ofcontent: Chapter 1gives thedefinitions relevant tothisWeights and
Measures Regulation andstipulates thattheprovisions mustbetaken intoaccount forgas
meters intype-approval testing, inspection, re-inspection, testing asspecified in
Article 16.1oftheWeights andMeasures Act,andmonitoring. Chapter 2declares the
Annex totheEEC Weights andMeasures Regulation onGasMeters tobealmost
entirely applicable, subject toanumber ofamendments andadditions. There follow
particular provisions relating toelectronic devices, electric power supply, diaphragm gas
meters, rotary piston gasmeters andturbine gasmeters. These relate primarily toclasses
ofaccuracy, maximum permissible errors, testconditions andindication. Chapter 3
contains general provisions forvolume conversion instruments, requirements regarding
mandatory labels, requirements forindicators andthemaximum permissible errors and
testconditions. Chapter 4contains transitional andfinalprovisions.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraft Regulation contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect, these measures arejustified intheinterests
offairtrade andconsumer protection. Aclause ofmutual recognition (Article 2a)has
beenincluded forthebenefit ofproducts from other states oftheEuropean Economic
Area which fulfil therequirements setinthecountry oforigin.
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8. Relevant documents:
- (original) Weights andMeasures Regulation onGasMeters (Government
Gazette 1989, 81);
- EEC Weights andMeasures Regulation onGasMeters (Government Gazette
1978, 117);
- Amendment totheWeights and Measures Regulation onGas Meters
(Government Gazette 1993, 152);
- Weights andMeasures Decision, paragraph 2,Heading D(e) (Government
Gazette 1939, 107).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 28November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 29November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 27November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: