WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.476
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3901)
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 ofEconomic Affairs
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):
LPGmeasurement installations
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Weights andMeasures
Regulation onLPGMeasurement Installations
6. Description ofcontent: Thefirst Chapter gives thedefinitions relevant tothis
Regulation, which combinations areregarded asLPG measurement installations and
stipulates thattheprovisions must betaken intoaccount intypeapproval, inspection,
re-inspection, testing, asspecified inArticle 16.1oftheWeights andMeasures Act,and
monitoring.
Chapter 2liststechnical regulations. Heading 1declares theWeights and
Measures Regulation onFluid Metres tobeapplicable, subject toafewamendments and
supplemented byparticular provisions forfluid metres with electronic devices.
Heading 2contains provisions relating tothemaximum andminimum measurement
capacities. Heading 3setsrules relating togasseparators andtheextra margin oferror
which mayoccur inthemeasurement results asaresult oftheinfluence ofgases present.
Heading 4makes compulsory theuseofafilter forgasseparators. Heading 5regulates
thefilling ofLPG measurement installations andtheextra margin oferror which may
occur asaresult oftemperature fluctuations. Heading 6setsrequirements withregard
tothepresence ofbranches, bypass lines andother devices. Heading 7stipulates that
theprovisions from theWeights andMeasures Regulation onPetrol Pumps withregard
toself-service facilities apply accordingly. Heading 8gives themaximum permissible
errors. Heading 9regulates thenotices onLPGmeasurement installations. Heading 10
contains provisions regarding thestamp ofapproval. Heading 11contains thedetails on
themethod oftesting.
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7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraft Regulation contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect, these measures arejustified toprotect the
interests ofconsumers andfairtrade. Forthebenefit ofproducts from other states of
theEuropean Economic Area, which fulfil therequirements setinthecountry oforigin,
aclause ofmutual recognition isincluded (Article 3(a)).
8. Relevant documents:
-(Original) Weights andMeasures Regulation onLPG measurement installations
(Government Gazette 1989, 83);
-Weights andMeasures Regulation onPetrol Pumps (Government Gazette 1989, 83);
-Weights andMeasures Regulation onFluid Metres (Government Gazette 1989, 83);
-Regulation amending theWeights andMeasures Regulation onPetrol Pumps, the
Weights andMeasures Regulation onLPG Measurement Installations andthe
Weights andMeasures Regulation onFluid Metres (Government Gazette 1989, 252).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 27October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 28October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45days
ifnocomments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit havebeenreceived from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: