WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.91
15January 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0121)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National Board ofTrade
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): Tanks forflammable
liquids andinspection systems forthese
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Protection Against
Water Pollution When Handling Flammable Liquids (38pages inSwedish)
6. Description ofcontent: Provisions about certain tanks andpipelines forflammable
liquids andprovisions oninspections ofthese duetoEN45004 andAccreditations of
inspection Bodies. New provision onperiodical inspections fortanks above ground
which haveavolume more than1m3andlessthan10m3.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Protection against water pollution when handling flammable liquids. Adaption ofthe
European system forAccreditation ofinspection Bodies.
8. Relevant documents: Act(1985: 426) andOrdinance (1985: 835) onchemical
products
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Autumn 1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1March 1999
10. Final dateforcomments: 14April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
1Thisdocument cancels andreplaces theG/TBT/Notif.98.9 issued on15January 1998 inEnglish only.