. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/DNK/12
30 August 2002
(02-4646)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   DENMARK
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Danish Maritime Authority
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   Passenger ships engaged
on national voyages
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation
on passenger ships engaged on national voyages, Chapter I, IV and VI, amendments
(50 pages, in Danish)
6. Description of content:   Chapter I:  The regulation advance the requirements in the
Council Directive 98/18/EF on security regulations and security standards for passenger
ships built of other materials than steel or equivalent materials.  Chapter IV:  Radiocommunication equipment in Ships., Global Ma ritime Distress and Safety System(GMDSS)
Chapter VI:  This amendment shall ensure proper stowage of cargo and cargo transport
units on passenger in domestic trade.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Chapter I:  The Council Directive 98/18/EF excepts passenger ships built of other materials
than steel. The purpose of this regulation is to point out that it is till forbidden to use
combustible materials when building passenger ships for Danish home waters.
Chapter IV:  The present revision introduces GMDSS in existing passenger ships with
length under 24 meters from 1 February 2003.
Chapter VI:  This amendment shall ensure that procedures and instructions are in place and
operational so that proper stowage and securing of cargo and cargo transport units are
performed on passenger ships in domestic trade.  Due to the protected character of the sea
area that the major part of these passenger ships trade in and the fact that these ships already
operate a safety management system (SMS-system) in compliance with the ISM-code, it ishowever regarded to be too excessive to require an approved cargo securing manual on such
ships.  Consequently:  On passenger ships which only operates in protected sea areas (sea
area, B, C and D) procedures and instructions of proper stowage and securing of cargo andG/TBT/N/DNK/12
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cargo transport units must be implemented in the SMS-system of the corresponding ship.
On passenger ships operating in open sea area (sea area A) an approved cargo securing
manual must be available and used.
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 February 2003
10. Final date for comments:   15 October 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Dansk Standard
Kollegievej 6
2920 Charlottenlund