WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.448
19December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5383)
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: Ministry oftheEnvironment
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): End-of-life vehicles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ordinance on
Producers 'Responsibility forVehicles
6. Description ofcontent: Itistheproducers 'responsibility totakebackvehicles which
they have produced inorimported toSweden, attheendoftheir working life.
Producers shallenable those whowant tohand intheirvehicles todosoanddesignate
places where end-of-life vehicles canbereturned. Producers shallensure thatmaterial
andcomponents from vehicles arereused orrecovered. They shallreport thematerial,
components andchemical products from thevehicle.
7. Objective andrationale: Thefollowing targets forreuse andrecovery shallbeattained:
(1) Atleast85percentnolaterthan2002; and
(2) atleast95percentnolaterthan2015.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption: November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 19February 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: