G/TBT/N/OMN/442/Rev.1  
12 October 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  OMAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General for Standards and Metrology (DGSM)  
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 d ifferent from above:   
Ministry of Commerce & Industry  
Directorate General for Specifications & Measurements  
P.O. Box: 550, Postal Code: 113  
Tel.: + (968) 2481 3832  
Fax: + (968) 2471 5992  
E-mail: nepic@moci.gov.om , nepicbusiness1@gmail.com   
Website: http://www.mocioman.gov.om    
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):  
Telecommunications equipment and medical devices  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docume nt: Ministerial 
decree obligating European directive 2011/65/EU "Restriction of the use of certain 
hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" and its amendment in 2015 
and 2017 (1 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This Minis terial decree obligating the European directive 
2011/65/EU and its amendment in 2015 and 2017 for telecommunications equipment 
devices only as a first stage. The Ministerial Decree state that certain hazardous 
substances in telecommunications equipment and  devices shall be comply with limits set 
in the mentioned European directive.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of environment and human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  - European directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the use of 
certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment"  
- European directive 2015/863 on the Restriction of the use of certain hazardous 
substances in electrical and electronic equipment"  G/TBT/N/OMN/442/Rev.1  
 
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  - European directive 2017/2012 on the Restriction of the use of certain hazardous 
substances in electrical and electronic equipment"  
The European directive are available in the following website: https: //eur-lex.europa.eu/  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
National Enquiry Point and Information Centre (NEPIC)  
P.O. Box: 550  
Postal Code 113, Muscat  
Sultanate of Oman  
Tel.: +(968) 2481 7252  
Fax: +(968) 2481 7040  
E-mail: nepic@business.gov.om , nepicbusiness1@gmail.com   
Website: http://www.mocioman.gov.om  
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