WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/66
11 February 2000
(00-0528)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWEDEN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Board of Housing and Planning
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   National Board of Trade
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):  Materials, constructions,
installations in construction works
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendments of the
Board’s Mandatory Provisions and General Recommendations on Type Approval and
Production Control  (3 pages, available in Swedish)
6. Description of content:   Annex 1 with regulations for different products about testing and
control is repealed.  Instead in Section 7 and 8 there is a general reference to the Board’s
general recommendations and manuals, standards etc.  In section 9 there is a mutual
recognition clause.  Section 18 prohibits the use of type approval and production controlunder certain circumstances.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The amendments of the regulations of the voluntary national system of type-approval and
production control are restricted to the absolutely most necessary amendments.  The
Annex 1 for one thing is repealed so that the building technical development should not be
prevented.  There is a mutual recognition clause and the prohibition of type approval and
production control when CE-marking is possible, because of the European law.
8. Relevant documents:   Act (1994:847) and Decree (199 4:1215) on Technical Requirements
for Construction works, etc
9. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  July 2000
10. Final date for comments:   2 May 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           