WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.86
2March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0811)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: European Commission
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: European Commission, ECWTO-TBT 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):
Motor vehicles andtheirtrailers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: European Parliament
andCouncil Directive Amending Council Directive 78/548/EEC Relating toHeating
Systems forthePassenger Compartment ofMotor Vehicles andtheirTrailers
6. Description ofcontent: Specifications, requirements andadministrative procedures for
typeandapproval ofheating devices forthepassenger compartment ofmotor vehicles.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Road safety
8. Relevant documents: Draft III/5353/94/Rev.8
9. Proposed dateofadoption: February 1999
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1October 1999
10. Final dateforcomments: 29May1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
ECWTO-TBT Enquiry Point
DGIII-A-1