WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ESP/3
15 March 2001
(01-1285)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SPAIN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Directorate-General of Road Transport.  Ministry of Development
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):   Road passenger transport
vehicles
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Royal Decree
on Safety Standards for the Transportation of School Children and Minors (18 pages, inSpanish)
6. Description of content:   Establishes safety standards for the transportation of school
children and minors, including organization, operation, loading and off-loading, drivers,
vehicles, etc.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Improved safety for the transportation of minors by road in order to avoid accidents.
8. Relevant documents:   The relevant international standards are referred to in the Decree
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 May 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 September 2001
10. Final date for comments:   5 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:  Dirección
General de Transporte por Carretera.  Subdirección General de Ordenación y Normativa.
Paseo de la Castellana, 67 planta 4a despacho A-401.10