WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.34
5February 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0426)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BELGIUM
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofEmployment andLabour, Administration of
Occupational Safety, RueBelliard 51,B-1040 Brussels
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Acetylene indicators, safety check valves andpressure-reducing valves.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Ministerial
Decision foraGeneral Derogation from theRequirements Established inArticle 4ofthe
Royal Decree of27October 1967 Concerning theSafety Guarantees ofAcetylene
Indicators, Safety Check Valves andPressure-Reducing Valves
6. Description ofcontent: Thedraft Ministerial decision establishes ageneral derogation
from therequirements ofArticle 4oftheabove-mentioned Royal Decree soastoallow
theuseofregulators thatareinconformity withastandard recognized intheircountry
oforigin.
7. Objective andrationale: Thisgeneral derogation isnecessary inorder toreplace the
requirements inArticle 4oftheabove-mentioned Royal Decree, which technical
advances haverendered obsolete.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:60days
10. Final dateforcomments:
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: CIBELNOR