WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.530
29September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4039)
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 winches onboard
fishing vessels
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheSea
Fishing Industry Amending Notice totheSeaFishing Industry No.19/1989 (Fishing
Winches)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisNotice contains rules onthedesign offishing winches and
rules onanemergency stopinstallation forfishing winches onboard fishing vessels. An
indicative summary ofthetechnical regulations isincluded below:
Articles 1to4inclusive.
7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraft Amendment oftheNotice contains technical
barriers totrade thensuch measures arejustified ongrounds oftheprotection ofthe
interests ofpublic safety andhuman health. Asforforeign products which comply with
therequirements laiddown inthecountry oforigin, aprovision isincluded inArticle 5
withreferences tomutual recognition.
8. Relevant documents: - Fishing Vessels Decree;
- Original Explanatory Note
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 fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: