WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.247
19May1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-2047)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: DENMARK
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Danish Maritime Authority
Agency orauthority designed tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],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): Recreational craftused
forbareboatcharter andprofessional recreational crafttraining.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: 5140-3 Order on
Diving Equipment (10pages, inDanish)
6. Description ofcontent: TheOrder liststherequirements forthecomposition, approval
andcontrol ofequipment andauxiliary equipment forcommercial diving, except from
offshore anddefence diving equipment. TheOrder further liststherequirements for
approval ofdiving equipment forrecreational diving. TheOrder refers toEuropean
requirements forapproval ofdiving equipment.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: The
purpose oftheOrder istoprotect divers bydemanding thatdiving equipment and
auxiliary equipment fulfil aminimum standard ofsafety. Theissue haspreviously been
regulated byasimilar Order which hasbeenrevised totakeintoaccount theCE-marking
ofcertain kinds ofdiving equipment.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1August 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 15July1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofthebody:
Dansk Standard
Baunesgaardsvej 73
2900 Hellerup