WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.481
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3906)
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
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National 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): Fluid meters
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Weights andMeasures
Regulation onFluid Meters
6. Description ofcontent: Chapter 1gives thedefinitions relevant tothisRegulation and
stipulates thattheprovisions must betaken intoaccount intype approval testing,
inspection, reinspection, testing asspecified inArticle 16.1oftheWeights andMeasures
Act,andmonitoring.
Chapter 2contains technical regulations. Heading 1declares Annexes IIandIII
oftheEEC Weights andMeasures Regulation onFluid Measuring Installations tobe
applicable, whereby anumber ofpoints deviate from these Annexes, including with
regard tothemaximum permissible errors. Heading 2contains provisions relating to
auxiliary devices, inparticular devices forconversion inaccordance withthereference
temperature. Heading 3gives definitions andgeneral provisions forfluid meters with
electronic devices, supplemented byparticular provisions forvolume indicators,
indicator resetting devices andindicators withmultiple displays aswellasforancillary
indicators, price indicators, presetting devices andconversion devices. Heading 4lists
provisions relating tostamps ofapproval. Heading 5listsprovisions relating tothe
testing method.
Chapter 3contains transitional andfinalprovisions.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraft Regulation contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect, these measures arejustified intheinterests
offairtrade andconsumer protection. Aclause ofmutual recognition (Article 2a)has
beenincluded forthebenefit ofproducts from other States oftheEuropean Economic
Area, which fulfil therequirements setinthecountry oforigin.
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8. Relevant documents:
- (Original) Weights andMeasures Regulation onFluid Meters (Government
Gazette 1989, 83);
- EEC Weights andMeasures Decision onFluid Measuring Installation, Annex II
andIII(Government Gazette 1978, 117);
- Regulation amending theWeights andMeasures Regulation onPetrol Pumps, the
Weights andMeasures Regulation onLPGMeasuring Installations andtheWeights
andMeasures Regulation onFluid Meters (Government Gazette 1989, 252).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 27October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 28October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: