. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/DNK/28
27 November 2003
(03-6315)
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:   DENMARK
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   National
Agency for Enterprise and Housing
2. Agency responsible:   National Agency for Enterprise and Housing, Ministry of Economic
and Business Affairs, Dahlerups Pakhus , Langelinie Allé 17 DK-2100 Copenhagen
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:           
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):   Construction products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Building Regulations
1995.  Part 6.  Fire relations.  Draft hearing.  (9 pages; in Danish) and Part 13.4 on fire
regulation in farm buildings and similar.  (2 pages, in Danish).
6. Description of content:   The changed Part 6 in the Building Regulations 1995 introduces
new performance based fire regulations.  This is a modernization and simplification of theexisting detailed requirements, i.e. in terms of certain work methods.  The new fire
requirements do not introduce a changed security level, but assume the same security level
as today.
The new regulations also introduce a possibility for the municipalities to get an expert
opinion concerning fire technical documentation in the consideration of the building cases.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The new performance based fire regulations are a further step in the direction of
performance based regulations of building in Denmark as it is no longer suitable to have
detailed regulations in this area.
8. Relevant documents:   Building Regulations 1995
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 April 2004
10. Final date for comments:   3 months from date of receiptG/TBT/N/DNK/28
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  National
Agency for Enterprise and Housing, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Dahlerups
Pakhus, Langelinie Allé 17 DK-2100 Copenhagen