WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/4
2 February 2001
(01-0521)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   National Enquiry
Point – EC WTO TBT Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Ships which transport
packaged, dangerous substances, irrespective of their tonnage.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notice to the
Shipping Industry No. (...)/2001 (30th amendment to the International Maritime Dangerous
Goods Code).
6. Description of content:   The aim of this notice is to im plement the 30th amendment to the
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG-Code), as laid down by the
Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation on 9 June 2000.Said Code contains stipulations for the transport of packaged, dangerous substances by ship.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Insofar as this notice contains measures of equal effect within the meaning of Article 28 of
the EC Treaty, these measures are justified to protect the interest of public safety.  For the
benefit of foreign products which meet the requirements laid down in the country of origin,a mutual recognition clause has been included in Article 1b of the 1965 Shipping Decree
8. Relevant documents:   MSC/Circ.961 of the Maritime Safety Committee of the
International Maritime Organisation on 9 June 2000, including DSC 5/13/Add.1, stipulatingthe text of the 30th amendment to the IMDG-Code
9. Proposed date of adoption:  10 April 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 April 2001
10. Final date for comments:   4 April 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           