G/TBT/N/ITA/32  
 
22 March 2018  
(18-1743) 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: ITALY   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministero dello sviluppo economico  
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:   
Ministry for economic development  
General Directorate for Market, Competition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical 
Regulations  
Division XIII - Technical regulation  
00187 Rome I – Via Sallustiana, 53  
tel. ++39 06 4705.5430  
ucn98.34.italia@mise.gov.it  
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point GROW -EU-TBT@ec.europa.eu  
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): 
Semi-finished metal products subject to radiometric monitoring  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
interministerial Decree implementing Article 157(3) of Legislative Decree No 230 of 
17 March  1995, as amended, laying down implementation methods, the contents of 
radiometric monitoring  certificates and a list of the semi -finished metal products subject to 
radiometric monitoring (18 page(s), in Italian)    
6. Description of content: The notified decree specifies the implementation methods and 
contents of radiometric monitoring certificat es and lists the semi -finished metal products, 
which are subject to monitoring. Specifically, in addition to updating the identification 
codes of product categories relating to the list of semi -finished metal products in line with 
changes at international level, pursuant to Annex I to Legislative Decree No 100/2011, it 
specifies the contents of the radiometric monitoring certificate issued by qualified experts 
to the entities required to conduct the radiometric monitoring in question.  
It also lays down seve ral provisions regarding the mutual recognition of certificates from 
radiometric tests conducted on scrap metal or other metal by -products and on semi -
finished metal products imported from third countries, carried out at the place of origin of 
the loads as  part of customs procedures.  
The adoption of this decree therefore concludes the provisional regime for the mandatory 
radiometric monitoring of the semi -finished metal products referred to in Article 2 of 
Legislative Decree No 100 of 1 June 2011, given tha t the relevant provisions are 
superseded and replaced by those in this decree as of the date of its entry into force.  G/TBT/N/ITA/32  
 
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  The measure comprises 10 articles and two annexes. The articles are as follows:  
Article 1 – Purpose and scope of application;  
Article 2 – Radiometric monitoring criteria;  
Article 3 – Radiometric monitoring implementation methods;  
Article 4 – Radiometric monitoring certificate;  
Article 5 – Staff responsible for carrying out radiometric monitoring;  
Article 6 – Staff training;  
Article 7 – Mutual recognition of certificates from radiometric tests conducted on scrap 
metal or other metal by -products and on semi -finished metal products from third 
countries;  
Article 8 – Semi-finished metal products subject to radiometric monitoring;  
Article 9 – Non-variation of fees;  
Article 10 – Entry into force.  
Annex I contains Form IRME90 – Accompanying document for importing scrap metals or 
other metal by -products and semi -finished metal products into Italy.  
Annex II contains the list of semi -finished metal products subject to radiometric 
monitoring.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The need to adopt the notified interministerial decree, which concludes the 
provisional regime for the mandatory radiometric monitoring of the semi -finished metal 
products referred to in Article 2 of Legislative Decree No 100 of 1 June 2011, in order to 
take into account changes in the field of radiometric monitoring on scrap metals and other 
metal by -products and on semi -finish ed metal products to detect abnormal levels of 
radioactivity or any disused sources and to update the identification codes of product 
categories relating to the list of semi -finished metal products in line with changes at 
international level, pursuant to A nnex I to said Legislative Decree, is explained in more 
detail in the preamble to the Explanatory Memorandum, which is attached to the 
notification under 'Other texts'.  
8. Relevant documents:  References to basic texts: Legislative Decree No 100 of 
1 June 2011 – Attached   
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 90 days after its publication in the Official Gazette of 
the Italian Republic  
10. Final date for comments: 13 June 2018  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
[X] - see box 2  
Text on line at: http://ec.europa.e u/growth/tools -databases/tris/en/search  (Notification 
number: 2018/94/I)  
and/or at:  
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/search  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/ITA/18_1604_00_x.PDF  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/ITA/18_1604_01_x.pdf