WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.534
29September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4043)
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): Loginstallations on
board fishing vessels
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice tothe
Deep-Sea Fishing Industry Amending Notice totheDeep-Sea Fishing Industry
No.67/1992 (Operational andGeneral Requirements forLogInstallations)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice contains rules concerning operational andgeneral
requirements forloginstallations. These requirements arebased onstandards IEC945
(harmonization document No.HD552S1)andIEC1023 (harmonization document
No.HD600S1)adopted bytheEuropean Committee forElectrical Standardization in
January 1989. These IEC standards arebased onandconform toResolutions
A.478(XII) andA.694(17) adopted bythegeneral assembly oftheInternational Maritime
Organization. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations isgiven below:
Article 2.
Thecontent ofthisNotice conforms toNotice totheShipping Industry
No.288/1992.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraftamendment totheNotice contains technical
barriers totrade, these measures arejustified intheinterests ofpublic safety. Aclause
ofmutual recognition hasbeenincluded inArticle 4forthebenefit offoreign products
which fulfil therequirements setinthecountry oforigin.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Fishing Vessels Decree;
- IMO Resolutions A.478(XII) andA.694(17);
- Noexplanatory notewasincluded withtheoriginal Notice.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 5November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 6November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: