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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.635
23 December 1998
(98-5182)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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):  Belgium
2. Agency responsible:
Ministère de la Region Wallonne (Ministry of the Walloon Region)
Direction générale de l'économie et le l'emploi
Commissariat général au tourisme
Place de Wallonie 1 - Bâtiment IIIB - 5100 Jambes
TP:  +32 81 33 31 11
TF:  +32 81 33 40 33
Agency 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):  Accommodationestablishments and hotel establishments
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order of the
Walloon Government Laying Down the Modalities and Procedure for Obtaining the Safety
Certificate for Accommodation Establishments Existing as at 1 January 1991 and Laying
Down Specific Safety Standards for Such Accommodation Establishments
6. Description of content:  The draft Order, FOR THE FRENCH-SPEAKING WALLOON
REGION:
- Lays down the modalities and procedure for the granting of the fire safety
certificate for accommodation establishments (including hotel
establishments) existing as at 1 January 1991;
- lays down the procedures for appeals and the grant of waivers;
- lays down specific fire safety standards for such establishments;
- establishes the composition and working of the Accommodation
Establishments Fire Safety Committee;
- and establishes transitional arrangements under which set time-limits may
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7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  An
identical Order of the Executive of the French Community of Belgium was adopted on
24 December 1990, based on the Council recommendation of 22 December 1986 on fire
safety of existing hotels.  This Order concerns hotels located in Brussels and the
French-speaking Walloon region.
Pursuant to Decree II of 22 July 1993 attributing the exercise of certain powers to
the French-speaking Community of the Walloon region, the latter is responsible for tourism.
Consequently, the purpose of this draft Order of the Walloon Government, without
modifying any of the specific technical fire standards set out in Annex 1 and already laid
down by the Executive of the French Community on 24 December 1990, with the exception
of the addition of point 08, is to clarify and adopt certain procedural aspects relating to the
procedure for the obtention of the fire safety certificate, and in particular to separate theappeal procedure from the waiver application procedure, and to specify the modalities for
the compensation of members of the Accommodation Establishment Fire Safety Committee.
It should be noted that the Federal Government is responsible for the basic
standards.
8. Relevant documents:  -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 60 days
10. Final date for comments:
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  CIBELNOR