WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.594
2October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4152)
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 ofTransport andPublic Works
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): Category M1,M2,M3,
N1,N2,N3,O1,O2,O3,O4,motor vehicles, three-wheel motor vehicles andmotor
cycles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation
Establishing Rules withRegard totheIntake intheReserve Supply ofVehicles witha
Type Approval Granted Pursuant toNational Requirements (Regulation Governing
Remaining Supplies ofVehicles)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Regulation establishes conditions bywhich vehicles
belonging toaparticular category, forwhich national typeapproval hasbeen granted,
maystillbelicensed aspartofareserve supply intheevent ofmore stringent type
approval requirements.
7. Objective andrationale: These measures arejustified intheinterests ofprotecting traffic
safety.
8. Relevant documents: Thedraft Regulation isbased onArticle 2.3(b) oftheVehicle
Rules.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 19November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 20November 1997
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10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: