WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.380
6August 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3329)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWITZERLAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Federal Office ofPolice
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): Road vehicles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Modifications ofthe
Ordinances about theTechnical Requirements forRoad Vehicles (VTS, TAFV 1and
TAFV 2)aswellastheModifications oftheOrdinance about theType-Approval of
Road Vehicles (TGV)
6. Description ofcontent: Themodifications relative totheVTSarecovering apart from
some corrections andspecifications ofcertain regulations mainly theadaptations to
continuously evolved EC-Directives respectively tonewormodified ECE-Regulations.
Itconcerns especially theadmission ofreplacement catalytic converters and
retroreflecting inscriptions, themounting ofseatbeltsinminibuses, buses andintrucks,
themarking ofairbags aswellastheequipping withheadrestraints inlightvehicles and
themounting ofadditionally rear-view mirrors ontrucks preventing thefateful blind
spot. Afurther proposal concerns theadmission ofadditional brake lights anddirection
indicator lights onhighvehicles. Themodifications relative toTAFV 1,TAFV 2and
TGV arecovering small adaptations duetomodified EC-Directives and-especially for
theTGV -certain specifications andcompletions which have proved asnecessary in
practice.
7. Objective andrationale: Adaption tomodified EC-Directives respectively tonewor
modified ECE-Regulations.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Verordnung vom 19.6.1995 über die technischen Anforderungen an
Strassenfahrzeuge (VTS);
- Verordnungvom19.6.1995übertechnischeAnforderungenan
Transportmotorwagen undderen Anhänger (TAFV 1);
- Verordnungvom19.6.1995übertechnischeAnforderungenan
landwirtschaftliche Traktoren (TAFV 2);
- Verordnung vom19.6.1995 überdieTypengenehmigung vonStrassenfahrzeugen
(TGV)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1July1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 1October 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: