WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.380
19 August 1999
(99-3487)
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: Ministry of the Interior
Directorate-General of Police
rue Royale 56B-1000 Brussels
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):   Protection systems:
approved technological systems which follow the protected transport of funds permanently
and allow unusual situations to be detected and, where appropriate, the neutralization of the
valuables or making them useless.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Ministerial
Order on an Approval Procedure for Protection Systems for Valuables and a Technical Note
on Implementation of the Ministerial Order of 3 March 1997 on an Approval Procedure for
Protection Systems for Valuables
6. Description of content:   The protection systems mentioned here must be approved by the
Ministry of the Interior following consultation with the Commission on the protection of
valuables.  These regulations lay down the pr ocedure to be followed in order to obtain
approval.  The system will be assessed on the basis of the results of the tests carried out by
impartial laboratories showing that the system and its components meet all the criteria laiddown.  The results of these tests will be contained in a technical note attached to these
regulations.
This draft Ministerial Order reiterates the provisions of the Ministerial Order of
3 March 1997, which was notified to the European Commission.  A certain number of
provisions have, however, been adapted.  The technical note reproduces all the provisions inthe technical note attached to the Ministerial Order of 3 March 1997.  This technical note
was already notified to the European Commission in 1997.G/TBT/Notif.99.380
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   In
order to protect the transport of valuables, the Belgian Government has opted for a strategy
which, firstly, must act as a deterrent and make any attack on security vehicles unprofitableand, at the same time, increasingly risky for the attackers.  The Belgian Government intends
to achieve this objective through the use of "approved protection systems".  Valuables
which, by their nature, may be neutralized (usually the valuables liable to attack) are
incorporated in a system that makes them unusable if attempts are made to seize them.
8. Relevant documents:   Royal Order of 15 February 1999 on certain methods to regulate the
transport of protected valuables (not yet published).  These regulations should be read in
conjunction with the following regulations:
Royal Order on the technical characteristics and approval of vehicles for the
transport of valuables used by security firms and internal security services.  The RoyalOrder of 28 February 1997 (Notification 97/0069/B) is currently being revised.  The new
draft has already been notified to the European Commission (the notification number is not
yet known).
Ministerial Order of 3 March 1997 on an inspection procedure for vehicles for the
transport of valuables used by security firms and internal security services(Notification 97/0072/B).
Ministerial Order of 8 July 1997 on the establishment of conditions for protected areas
(Notification 97/0476/B).
Royal Order of 28 February 1997 on certain methods to regulate the transport of
protected valuables (Notification 97/0070/B), amended by the Royal Orders of 25 April1997 and 26 January 1998 (Notification 97/0029/B).
Royal Order of 28 February 1997 on the technical characteristics and approval of
vehicles for the transport of valuables used by security firms and internal security services
(Notification 97/0069/B).
Ministerial Order of 3 March 1997 on an approval procedure for systems for the
protection of valuables and the technical note on implementation of the Ministerial Order of
3 March 1997 on a procedure for the approval of systems for the protection of valuables
(Notification 97/0071/B).
Ministerial Order of 3 March 1997 on an inspection procedure for vehicles for the
transport of valuables used by security firms and internal security services(Notification 97/0072/B).
Ministerial Order of 8 July 1997 on the establishment of conditions for protected
areas (Notification 97/0476/B).
Royal Order of 15 February 1999 on certain methods to regulate the transport of
protected valuables.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 daysG/TBT/Notif.99.380
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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