. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ITA/20 
15 November 2010  
 (10-6094) 
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 della salute  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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:  mailto:tbt.Italia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
 
 mailto:vincenzo.correggia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it  
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point:  mailto:ec-tbt@cec.eu.int  
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):  Equipment for the 
treatment of water for human consumption 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
laying down "Technical provisions governing equipment designed for the treatment of water 
for human consumption" (8 pages, in Italian). 
6. Description of content:  The draft, composed of 12 articles , lays down criteria for presuming 
and evaluating the safety – from a hygiene perspective – of equipment for the treatment of water for human consumption.  Articles 3 to 6 define genera l obligations for manufacturers 
and distributors, general and sp ecific requirements for equipment and materials with which 
water will come into contact, information to be provided to the consumer and to the entities responsible for assembly and installation, and instructions and provisions for installation.  
Articles 7 and 8 lay down criteria to be met by  all advertising of the equipment and by the 
Competent Authority to ensure application of th e principle of mutual recognition.  Article 9 
describes the conclusion of the agreement between  the State, the regions and the autonomous 
provinces of Trento and Bolzano in relation to ma rket control and observa tion.  The last three 
articles define the penalties, terms of entry in to effect of the new technical regulations, the G/TBT/N/ITA/20 
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  repeal of ministerial decree 443 of 21 December 1990 and the m easures applicable during the 
transitory six month period following entry into effect.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
adoption of this measure, wh ich replaces that correspond ing to notification 2006/606/I, 
satisfies the need to make amendments and ad ditions to the Italian normative framework in 
order to update it to the state of  evolution of the industry, giving particular consideration to 
the detailed report issued by the Commiss ion on notification 2006/606/I and Commission 
interpretative communication 2003/C265/02 on the practical application of mutual 
recognition.  
8. Relevant documents:   There is no basic text 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    January 2011  
February 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  10 January 2011 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   – see box 2 
Text on line at:  http://www.ec.europa.eu/ente rprise/tris/index_it.htm  
And can be downloaded at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/ITA/10_4225_00_x.pdf