WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.45
17February 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0616)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2): BELGIUM
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Direction générale, RueRoyale 56,
1000 Brussels
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Protection systems:
intelligent security systems forpermanent protection ofthetransport ofcashfunds, to
detect abnormal situations and, ifnecessary, toneutralize thefunds ormake it
impossible forthem tobeused.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Technical Noteonthe
Implementation oftheMinisterial Decision of27August 1996 Concerning Systems for
theProtection ofFunds, Issued under theRoyal Order of4March 1996 Concerning the
Regulation ofCertain Methods fortheProtection oftheTransport ofFunds, as
Amended bytheRoyal Order of18November 1996
6. Description ofcontent: Pursuant toArticle 26oftheabove-mentioned Royal Order, the
protection systems must betype-approved bytheMinister oftheInterior, further toan
opinion bytheFunds Protection Commission. Article 26oftheDecision alsostipulates
thattheMinister oftheInterior shall determine thetype-approval procedure bya
ministerial decision. Article 3oftheabove-mentioned Ministerial Decision of
27August 1996 stipulates thatthesystem willbeappraised withthehelpoftheresults
oftestsbyindependent laboratories proving thatthesystem anditscomponents meetthe
overall requirements setoutintheRoyal Order. TheTechnical Note, which willbe
communicated totheCommission oftheEuropean Communities, determines thecontent
ofthetests, based onIECandENstandards, towhich protection systems must be
submitted inorder tobeapproved. Thefirstseries oftestsrelates tothecontainer itself
(mechanical, climate, electrical, electro-magnetic andsabotage tests).
Thesecond series oftestsrelates toeaseofutilization ofthesystem (risks to
carriers andtothepopulation). Lastly, thesystem undergoes animpairment testto
evaluate effective functioning ofthesystem.
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7. Objective andrationale: Forthepurposes ofthemaintenance oflawandorder and
general safety, which arejeopardized byattacks onsecurity vans, theBelgian
Government hasopted forastrategy thatmust befirstofallbeadeterrent andleadtoa
situation inwhich anyattack onsecurity transport proves unprofitable andtherisks to
theperpetrators becoming increasingly great. Thegoalofthestrategy is(1)torender
anybooty unsuitable foruseand(2)todevelop additional means toincrease thechances
ofcatching theperpetrators andrecovering thefunds. Forthisreason, theuseof
intelligent protection systems isrequired toneutralize thefunds intheevent ofabnormal
circumstances. Thisstrategy hasproved effective abroad.
8. Relevant documents:
Royal Order of27February 1992 concerning theregulation ofcertain methods forthe
protection ofthetransport offunds (B.S. 28March 1992).
Royal Order of4March 1996 replacing theRoyal Order of27February 1992,
concerning certain methods fortheprotection ofthe transport offunds
(B.S. 15March 1996).
Royal Order of18November 1996, amending theRoyal Order of4March 1996
replacing theRoyal Order of27February 1992 concerning certain methods forthe
protection ofthetransport offunds (B.S. 29November 1996).
Ministerial Decision of27August 1996 concerning theprocedure fortheapproval of
cashprotection systems (B.S. 3September 1996).
Decision of28August 1996 concerning theestablishment ofacommission forthe
protection offunds (B.S. 5October 1996).
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
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body: CIBELNOR