WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.105
4March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0842)
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 ofEconomic Affairs (WJA/W)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National Enquiry Point -"ECWTO-TBT 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):
Protection installations forboreholes
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Further Rules on
Mining Rules 1964 andMining Rules Governing theContinental Shelf Regarding the
Protection ofBoreholes
6. Description ofcontent: Thisscheme replaces theother rules onMining Rules governing
pitprotection of16May 1967 andtheother rules governing thecontinental shelf
regarding pitprotection 7October 1970. These schemes havebecome obsolete interms
ofthelatest technology andthesafety requirements within themining industry. The
objective ofthescheme istoprotect employees during theimplementation ofactivities in
boreholes. Tothisend,detailed requirements areprescribed regarding theprotection
installations which aretobeplaced inthisconnection. Chapter 1ofthescheme includes
thedefinitions relevant forthescheme anddetermines theboreholes towhich this
scheme applies.
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6. (cont'd)
Chapter 2contains provisions forprotection devices which aretobeplaced before the
firstpressurized setofcasing isincorporated andconcreted in.Chapter 3contains
provisions regarding theprotection devices which aretobeplaced after thefirst
pressurized setofcasing isincorporated andconcreted in.Chapter 4contains provisions
fortesting, maintaining andchecking theprotection installation. Inchapter 5,alarge
number ofarticles ofthescheme arerendered applicable, mutatis mutandis, toactivities
inexisting boreholes. Chapter 6contains final provisions. According totheDutch
government, thedraft regulation referred toinpoint 5probably contains technical
regulations within themeaning ofDirective 83/189/EEC, asamended. Indicatively,
Articles 1to20maybedeemed technical regulations.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Insofar asthedraftDecree contains quantitative import restrictions ormeasures ofequal
effect within themeaning ofArticle 30EC,these measures arejustified toprotect the
interest ofthehealth andlifeofhumans, animals andplants
8. Relevant documents:
-Articles 3,26,30,31,32a,32b,35,36and152aoftheMining Rules 1964;
-Articles 2,48,58,61,62,63a,63b,67and104aoftheMining Rules governing the
continental shelf;
-Other rules regarding pitprotection (Government Gazette 1967, 100);
-Other rules governing the continental shelf regarding pit protection
(Government Gazette 1970, 207en1990, 164)
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 1May1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1July1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 24April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: