WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.671
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4409)
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 ofTransport andPublic Works
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): Dangerous substances
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
(a) Regulation Governing Aviation Monitoring
(b) Regulation onTransportation ofDangerous Substances byAir-1988
6. Description ofcontent: Article 8A,paragraph 1,oftheAviation Actstipulates thatrules
onthepreparation andoperation oftransport andtourflights beissued byorin
accordance withOrders inCouncil. Article 97oftheRegulation governing Aviation
Monitoring stipulates thatthetransportation ofdangerous substances byaircraft isonly
permissible iftheregulations issued bytheMinister ofTransport, Public Works and
Water Management areadhered to.These regulations areadopted inthepresent draft
Regulation. According totheDutch Government, thedraft Decree stated inpoint 5(a)
probably contains atechnical regulation. Thisconcerns:
- Article 97,paragraph 2:thebanonthetransportation ofdangerous substances
byairunless theregulations intheRegulation ofpoint 5(b)areadhered to
(present version established on18July 1987). According totheDutch
Government, thedraftRegulation stated inpoint 5(b)probably contains technical
regulations. Anindicative summary ofthetechnical regulations appears below:
- Article 6:allpackaging labelling must atleastappear intheEnglish
language (established on8June1988);
- Article 7,paragraphs 3:thesircargo letter andthewritten declaration
fortheoffer fortransportation must atleast bewritten inEnglish
(established on8June1988).
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7. Objective andrationale: Ifthedraftamendment oftheNotification contains quantitative
import restrictions ormeasures ofequal effect within themeaning oftheAgreement on
Technical Barriers toTrade thensuchmeasures arejustified intheinterests ofpublic
health andsafety andinorder toprotect human life. Article 6relates to
recommendation 6.3,chapter 6from Annex 18,namely within themeaning thatthe
labelling onpackaging must atleast appear intheEnglish language. Article 7,
paragraph 3,relates torecommendation 7.3ofchapter 7from Annex 18namely inthe
sense thatthelabelling onthedeclarations must atleastappear intheEnglish language.
IntheRegulation governing thetransportation ofdangerous substances byairit
isspecified thatAnnex 18oftheICAO Treaty andthetechnical regulations form part
thereof. Thetechnical regulations form afurther implementation ofAnnex 18.The
international origin oftheRegulation andwithittheprovisions which have nowbeen
notified, emerges therefrom.
8. Relevant documents: ICAO-Annex 18andthetechnical regulations based thereon
(Technical Instructions fortheSafe Transport ofDangerous Goods byAir,
document 9284-AN/905) Aviation Act(Article 8A, first andsecond paragraphs)
Regulation Governing Aviation Monitoring (Article 97).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 20November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 21November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 19November 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: