. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BEL/30
21 January 2002
(02-0276)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BELGIUM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:
Ministry of the Interior
Directorate-General of Civil ProtectionRue Royale 56
B-1000 Brussels
Tel.:  +32 2 500-2430
Fax:  +32 2 500-2529
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  theagency 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:   R o y a l  D e c r e e
Amending the Royal Decree of 7 July 1994 Establishing the Basic Fire and Explosion
Prevention Standards to Be Met by New Buildings.
6. Description of content:   This draft Royal Decree amends Royal Decree of 7 July 1994
corresponding to Notification 97/0511/B (Notif ication 92/0032/B for the first amendment).
An Equivalence and Derogation Committee has been established and its role defined.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
An Equivalence and Derogation Committee exists and is already up and running; its
creation, by way of the Royal Decree of 7 July 1994, was necessary from a legal point of
view. Furthermore, the intervention of the Minister of Employment and Labour is no longer
required for a waiver to be granted, thereby simplifying the procedure.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 days
10. Final date for comments:G/TBT/N/BEL/30
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of another body: