G/TBT/N/SWE/135  
23 October 2019  
(19-6966) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWEDEN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Swedish Transport Agency  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Board of Trade Sweden  
Adress: Bo x 6803, 113 86 Stockholm, Sweden  
Phone: + 46 690 48 00  
Email: kommerskollegium@kommers.se   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCC N where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  The 
technical equipment at booking centres for taxi traffic. Taxis that are fitted with special 
equipment instead of fare meters must be affi liated with one or more booking centres. 
The technical equipment of the booking centre must collect, store and transfer information 
on bookings, driving assignments and payments. The technical equipment must 
communicate with the special equipment of the ta xi vehicle and, finally, transfer 
information for tax control to the Swedish Tax Agency.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Swedish 
Transport Agency regulations on technical equipment at booking centers for taxi trafic 
(48 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The regulatory proposal contains those requirements that apply 
to manufacturers of the technical equipment that is to be used in booking centre 
operations. The rules also include requirements for equipment. The proposal also contains 
provisions regarding certification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The regulatory proposal aims to clarify which requirements apply to the 
booking centres' technical equipment and those requirements that apply to manufact urers 
of the technical equipment. The aim is for booking centres subject to authorisation to 
have technical equipment that ensures that the conditions for the collected, stored and 
disclosed information are appropriate for maintaining the security of the t ransferred 
information. Finally, the rules aim to ensure that the stored information can be transferred 
to the Swedish Tax Agency as a basis for tax Control.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Draft of the proposed technical regulation and regulatory impact assessment  G/TBT/N/SWE/135  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not specified  
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/sv/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2019&num=299  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/SWE/19_5838_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/SWE/1 9_5838_01_e.pdf