WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.570
1October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4124)
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): Ocean-going ships (with
theexclusion offishing vessels), ship equipment forocean-going ships (with the
exclusion offishing vessels)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree Amending the
1965 Shipping Decree
6. Description ofcontent:
- The1965 Shipping Decree implements theInternational Treaty, which came into
effect inLondon on5April 1966, onthefreeboard ofships (LOAD LINES
(Treaties Journal 1966, 275)) andtheInternational Treaty, came intoeffect in
London on1November 1974, onthesafety ofhuman lifeatsea. (SOLAS
(Treaties Journal 1977, 77)). Anindicative summary ofthese technical
regulations appears below. These Regulations alsoappear inthedraftDecree.
- 1965 Shipping Decree: Articles 3,6,39,41,43,43a,122,129and131;
- Appendix I:Chapter VI;
- Appendix II:Articles 11*,12a*, 14*,18*,19*,Chapters B.1*, C*,D*,E*
andF;
- Appendix III:Articles 6,10,14,18and19;
- Appendix IV:Articles 3*,4*,5*,6*,8uptoandincluding 16*,17,28b,35*,
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
- Appendix V:Article 1,Paragraph 2(relating tothecontinued application of
regulations from deleted Appendix XIIIbetween 1992 and1999 bywayof
transitory legislation);
- Appendix XIA: Article 4*andChapter C,Sections ItoVIIinclusive;*
- Appendix XVII: Article 2;
- Appendix I:Articles 1to4inclusive, 6to11inclusive, 13to16inclusive, 21,
26,31to38inclusive, 41to45inclusive, 63to70inclusive;
- Appendix III:Articles 1to5inclusive, 7,9,11to13inclusive, 15and16;
Appendices XandXX;
- Appendix XXII: Articles 1,2,5,6and8;
- Appendix XXIV;
- Articles which implement Directive 92/29/EEC (OJEC L113): 1965 Shipping
Decree: Articles 6,Paragraph 3(c),93,109a, 117a, 130h;
- Appendix XIA: Articles 19,Paragraph 8,Section 8.1,38,Section 5.1.8, 41,
Section 8.20, 47,Section 2.2.9;
- Appendix XVI: Appendix hasentered intoeffect again;
- Articles which donotcontain technical regulations:
- 1965 Shipping Decree: Articles 1,1A,10uptoandincluding 12,19,
20,22uptoandincluding 25,34,45,50,51,52,57,62,63a,66,67a,
67b, 88,89,94uptoandincluding 97,100, 101, 107uptoand
including 120(Chapter VII), 127,128,130uptoandincluding 130g,
134uptoandincluding 135a, 136a, 137a, 138,139auptoandincluding
141, 144, 148, 150, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 163, 165, 172, 174,
174a, 176uptoandincluding 178,182aand183;
- Appendix II:1uptoandincluding 3,13,21uptoandincluding 23b,
24uptoandincluding 25b,28,31aand55;
- Appendix III:Article 17;
- Appendix IV:Articles 1,2,7,18uptoandincluding 22a,41,51,55,
63aand64;
- Appendix V:Articles 1(notincluding Paragraph 2),2,3,4,5,9,13,
14,16and17;
- Appendix XIA: Articles 1uptoandincluding 3,5uptoandincluding
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
- Appendix XVII: Articles 1,3uptoandincluding 6;
-- Appendix XXII: Articles 3,4,7and9;
- Appendices XXI, XXIIA, XXIII;
- Articles which contain technical regulations, however, exclusively cover
implementation oftheSOLAS ofLoad Lines Treaty:
- 1965 Shipping Decree: Article 48;
- Appendix I:Articles 5,12,17uptoandincluding 20,22uptoand
including 25,27uptoandincluding 30,39and40.
7. Objective andrationale: IftheDecree contains quantitative import restrictions or
measures ofequal effect within themeaning oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers to
Trade thensuchmeasures arejustified fortheprotection ofpublic safety, health and
human life. With regard toforeign products which conform totherequirements,
established inthecountry oforigin, Article 1bcontains aprovision relating tothe
mutual recognition oftechnical standards andrequirements aswellastypeapprovals.
8. Relevant documents:
- 1965 Shipping Decree;
- Appendix XIIIrelating totransitory legislation;
- SOLAS andLOAD LINES;
- Article 28aofAppendix IVandAppendix XIX.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 11November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 12November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 10November 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: