WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.587
2October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4147)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofTransport andPublic Works.
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
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): Fishing Vessels, ship's
equipment forfishing vessels
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree Amending the
Fishing Vessels Decree (Fishing Vessels Decree)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Decree contains theimplementation ofthe1977
Treaty ofTorremolinos regarding thesafety offishing vessels. ThatTreaty, which is
alsosigned bytheother member States oftheEC,didnotenter intoeffect, however.
Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations appears below:
Articles 2,9,12and13,Sections 2to11inclusive, Article 361. They contain
national regulations. Asaresult, itisalsotobeadapted tothisDirective assoonasthis
isimplemented.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraftamendment oftheNotice contains technical barriers
totrade thensuchmeasures arejustified intheinterests oftheprotection ofpublic safety
andthehealth andlivesofhumans.
Article 4includes aprovision withregard tomutual recognition.
8. Relevant documents: Thefollowing textsareimportant fortheevaluation ofthedraft:
TheTreaty ofTorremolinos (English version). TheExplanatory Note totheoriginal
Decree andtotheamendments thereto.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 19November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 20November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: