WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.588
2October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4148)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofTransport andPublic Works
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
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): Packaging, tanks, motor
vehicles, tankers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Amending
theRegulation ontheLand Transport ofDangerous Substances 1997 (Dutch
Designation: VLG)
6. Description ofcontent: TheVLG -which entered intoforce initspresent form on
1January 1997 -consists oftheactual Regulation andalsoAppendices 1,2and3.
Appendix 1contains theDutch translation oftheEuropean Agreement relating tothe
international carriage ofdangerous goods byroad (ADR). Inaccordance with this
Directive, theADR applies from 1997 inallMember States. Appendix 2contains
provisions which exclusively apply tothetransport ofgoods within theNetherlands.
Chapters IIandIIIofAppendix 2contain notechnical provisions. Appendix 3contains
notechnical provisions butmakes reference torecognised bodies.
7. Objective andrationale: Totheextent thattheproposed Regulation contains technical
barriers totrade, these measures arejustified inorder toprotect theinterest ofhealth
andtheenvironment. Amutual recognition provision isnotnecessary given thegeneric
character oftheprovisions.
8. Relevant documents: Chapters IIandIIIofAppendix 2,Appendix 3,original
Regulation with accompanying explanatory note, letters of18December 1996 and
7April 1997 totheEuropean Commission.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 19November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 20November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived fromother
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: