. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BEL/28
21 January 2002
(02-0275)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  French
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):
2.Agency responsible:
Ministry of the Interior
Directorate-General of the General Police of the Kingdom
Rue Royale 56B-1000 Brussels
Tel.:  +32 2 500-2495
Fax:  +32 2 500-2529
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  theagency 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):   Vehicles for the
transport of valuables.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Royal Decree
on the Technical Characteristics and Approval of Vehicles for the Transport of Valuables
Used by Security Firms and Internal Security Services.
6. Description of content:  Vehicles for the transport of valuables must be approved by the
Minister of the Interior, based on the opinion of the Commission on the transport of
valuables.  This Decree establishes the procedure to follow to be granted approval.  For
security reasons, vehicles for the transport of valuables must possess certain technical
characteristics.  On the basis of a reasoned decision by the Commission on protectedtransport, the Minister of the Interior will decide whether or not to grant a certificate of
approval.  Particular attention should be paid to Article 11.2 of this draft Decree which deals
with the principle of the mutual recognition of "equivalent" foreign approval.
This draft Royal Decree incorporates the provisions of the Royal Decree of
28 February 1997 on the technical characteristics and approval of vehicles for the transportof valuables used by security firms and internal security services.
However, a number of the provisions of the previous Royal Decree have been
refined.  These changes mainly concern standards relating to the armour plating of vehicles,
their technical characteristics and external markings and the authority accorded to the
Ministry of the Interior to ensure that vehicles for the transport of valuables comply with theprovisions of the Royal Decree.G/TBT/N/BEL/28
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To ensure the secure transport of valuable s, the Belgian authorities have opted for a
strategy which must above all act as a deterrent and result in making any attack on security
vehicles more difficult for potential perpetrators.  To improve the safety of the transporters
and reduce the risk of attacks on security vehicles, such vehicles must be suitablymanufactured and equipped to take account of the inherent risk to any vehicle used to
transport valuables and of the technical characteristics required to ensure maximum security
in every such vehicle.
To this end, the Belgian authorities have defined the technical characteristics
specific to each type of vehicle used for the transport of valuables.
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, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of another body:
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