. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/SWE/120 
4 September 2012  
 (12-4745) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWEDEN  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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 
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):  Swedish passenger ships 
regardless of size and other Swedish ships of  20 gross tonnages or more. These regulations 
apply to foreign ships to the extent given in agreed international rule s and guiding principles. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Swedish Transport 
Agency's Regulations and General Advice on Machinery Installations, Electrical Installations and Periodically Unattended Machin ery Spaces (117 pages in Swedish). 
6. Description of content:  These regulations and general advice apply to machinery 
installations, electrical installations and pe riodically unattended machinery spaces. Through 
circular MSC.1/Circ.1318, the International Maritime Organi zation (IMO) has decided on 
guidelines for the maintenance and inspections  of fixed carbon dioxide fire-extinguishing 
systems. These guidelines, which will now be incorporated into Swedish law, imply 
principally the following:  
- 3 kap. 5 §: Gas cylinders in fixed fire -extinguishing systems may be inspected in 
 accordance with IMO circular MSC.1/ Circ.1318 instead of being periodically 
 inspected in accordance with 3 kap. 4 § in The Swedish Maritime Administration's 
 Regulations and General Advice on Machiner y Installations, Electrical Installations 
 and Periodically Unattended Machiner y Spaces (SJÖFS 2008: 81) provided that: 
1. all gas cylinders contain CO² or other gases with inert properties, 
2. all gas cylinders have been manufactured in accordance with the standard 
 SS-EN ISO 9809-1-3:2010, and 
3. there is documentation available showin g that the system is well-managed in 
 accordance with Annex B of SS-ISO 6406:2005 and that the requirements in 
 accordance with 1 and 2 are met.  G/TBT/N/SWE/120 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To incorporate MSC.1/Circ .1318 into Swedish law, so as to make it possible for ship owners 
to have their fixed fire-exti nguishing systems maintained and inspected in a cheaper and 
faster manner.  
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    January 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  31 October 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body: