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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.150
30 March 1999
(99-1275)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BELGIUM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  Belgium
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Economic Affairs
 Quality and Safety Administration
 Safety Division
 North Gate III – Boulevard Emile Jacqmain 154
 B – 1000 Brussels Tel.:  +32 2 206 48 10
 Fax:  +32 2 206 57 52
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):  Monitoring agencies, testing
laboratories and calibration laboratories
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Royal Decree
Establishing the Conditions of Approval and the List of Approved Laboratories under the
Law of 9 February 1994 on Consumer Safety
6. Description of content:  The draft Decree is pursuant to the Law of 9 February 1994 on
Consumer Safety which provides for analysis to be carried out by approved laboratories.The Decree extends the notion of laboratories to monitoring agencies and calibration
laboratories and also establishes the conditions and the procedure for approval.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The
Royal Decree of 16 June 1995 Establishing the Conditions of Approval and the List of
Approved Laboratories under the Law of 9 February 1994 on Consumer Safety only strictly
applies to testing laboratories.
Since the Law of 9 February 1994 on Consumer Safety applies to products as well
as services, it transpired that monitoring agencies and calibration laboratories also needed to
be brought in.
8. Relevant documents:  -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 60 daysG/TBT/Notif.99.150
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10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  CIBELNOR