. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DNK/90 
8 June 2012  
 (12-3027) 
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:  DENMARK  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Danish Energy Agency 
Amaliegade 44 
DK-1256 Copenhagen K 
Ministry of Climate and Energy Phone:  (+45) 33 92 67 00 Fax:  (+45) 33 11 47 43 E-mail:  ens@ens.dk  or lko@ens.dk  
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 :    
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):  Construction products in 
contact with drinking water. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Executive order on the 
authorization of construction products in cont act with drinking water and Executive order on 
the payment for applications of authorizati ons of construction products in contact with 
drinking water.      
6. Description of content:  The two executive orders stipulat e that construction products in 
contact with drinking water must be tested, auth orized and labelled prior to the marketing of 
the products in Denmark. In Denmark, such  requirements have existed since 1972. The 
executive orders stipul ate that construction products in c ontact with drinking water must be 
tested for the release of lead, cadmium, nickel and other substances posing a health risk. To 
that end, the purpose of the requirements is to  ensure the quality of drinking water at the 
consumer's tap. The existing re quirements are now subj ect to a revision. The purpose of the 
revision is to ensure a higher degree of tran sparency and to reduce the scope of the national 
rules, insofar that the rules will not apply to products now covered by EC legislation. 
Therefore, economic operators will benefit from this revision. 
The requirements solely apply to construction pr oducts in contact with drinking water and for 
such products it is solely the health characte ristics of the construction products, which are 
covered by the requirements.  G/TBT/N/DNK/90 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
area is not yet subject to EC harmonization,  but once harmonized standards regulating the 
health characteristics of construc tion products in contact with drin king water are in place, it is 
expected that the two executive orders will be repealed.  
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
1January 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  1 August 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:    
Danish Standards Foundation 
Kollegievej 6 DK-2920 Charlottenlund  Tel.:  +45 39 96 61 01 
Fax:  +45 39 96 61 02 
E-mail:  dansk.standard@ds.dk