. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ITA/15 
6 April 2010  
 (10-1799) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ITALY
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministero delle infrastrutture e dei trasporti 
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  
Department for Enterprise and Internationalization  General Directorate  for Market, Compe tition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical 
Standardization Division XVIII - Technical standardization    
00187 Rome I – Via Sallustiana, 53   
Tel: +39 06 4705.5430 Fax: +39 06 48.21.702;  E-mail: tbt.Italia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
  
vincenzo.correggia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it     
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point  ec-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):  Discs and replacement 
parts for motorcycles brake system 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft decree for the 
national standardisation of replacement disc system s for motorcycles” (25 pages, in Italian).   
6. Description of content:  The draft, made up of nine articles and four appendices, identifies 
the technical and administrative systems for ap proval of brake disks and any other parts 
designed to be installed on motor vehicles to re place original parts. Article 9 stipulates the 
conditions for recognising the systems approve d by European Union Member States (or 
Turkey or Countries belonging to the EEA).  
The appendices stipulate:  
The form and content of the information sheet re garding the approval of a brake disc system.  
The draft of the approval/extension certificate;  The procedure for confirming the suitability of a brake disc system for motor vehicles for the 
purposes of approval;  G/TBT/N/ITA/15 
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  The form and content of the declaration concerning the installation of the brake disc system 
on the vehicle.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
need to adopt notified provisions, stipulated by  Article 75, 3-a of Legislative Decree of 30 
April 1992, no. 285, regarding the confirmation of suitability for circulation and approval of 
motor vehicles and their traile rs, stems from the absence of specific technical provisions 
regarding brake discs harmonised at EU level. In  drawing up the draft, account has been taken 
of provisions concerning brake systems made by EU standards for the specific categories of 
vehicles concerned.  
8. Relevant documents:   -   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }June 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  21 June 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   See box 2 
Text on line at:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/index_it.htm  and at  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2010/tbt/ITA/10_1350_00_x.pdf