. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DNK/34 
22 March 2004  
 
(04-1278) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   Road Safety and Transport Agency, Adelgade 13, POB 9039, DK – 
1304 Copenhagen K, Tel.: +45 33 92 91 00, www.fstyr.dk  
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):   Coaches and sleeping 
coaches, digital displays (speedometers), tr ansverse safety separations, ESP (Electronic 
Stability Programme). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendment to 
departmental order “Detailforskrifter for Køretøjer”.  (Danish language, 3 pages) 
Amendment to departmental order “Særlig e krav til busser” (Danish language, 1 page).    
6. Description of content:   The draft regulations concern the following three issues: 
 1. Coaches, where the seats can be transfor med into berths, where the passengers can 
lie down in horizontal position, are required to  be fitted with transverse safety separations 
between the berths.  The safety separations must have sufficient strength to prevent a sleeping passenger from sliding forwar ds in the event of a collision. 
 
 This scope of this regulation is sleepi ng coaches first registered 1 October 1999 or 
later.  The regulation will enter into force 1 December 2004.  2. Coaches are required to be fitted with a digital display that is visible for the 
passengers and which shows the speed of the vehicle. 
  The scope of this regulation is all buses except for city buses with room for standing 
passengers.  The regulation will en ter into force 1 December 2004. 
 
3. New coaches are required to be fitted with ESP (Electronic Stability Programme), a 
system that counteracts sidewards sliding and roll-over accidents.   The scope of this regulation is all ne w buses except for city buses with room for 
standing passengers.  This regulation wi ll enter into force 1 April 2005.  G/TBT/N/DNK/34 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 “Sleeping Coaches” are used in Denmark and in a number of other countries.  A 
sleeping coach is a coach that is fitted with  special seats that can be transformed into 
horizontal berths.  Sleeping coaches are used  for long-distance overnight transport. 
 
 When lying down, the passengers ar e not secured by the safety belts. 
  The aim of the proposed changes is to en sure that passengers in sleeping coaches 
enjoy a similar level of safety as passengers in  normal coaches, equipped with safety-belts.  
8. Relevant documents:   The Danish Road Traffic Act 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 June 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  (1) and (2):  1 December 2004;   (3)  1 April 2005  
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses,  if available of the other body:  Danish Road 
Safety and Transport Agency, Adelgade  13, POB 9039, DK – 1304 Copenhagen K, 
Tel.:  +45 33 92 91 00, www.fstyr.dk