 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/DNK/35 
16 April 2004 
 (04-1705) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   DENMARK
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:  Danish Maritime Authority  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   - 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation 
on the conduct of surveys and self-check (Available in Danish, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:   The Regulation concerns the Danish Maritime Authority’s 
possibility of permitting the survey of ships, not covered by The Danish Maritime Authority’s international obligations under  EU law or International Conventions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The Regulation makes it possible for ships that  have undergone an objective survey by the 
Danish Maritime Authority and have had their safety assessments declared in order, to be 
exempt from a subsequent survey, if the Shipmaster or the Shipowner conducts a self-check and makes a declaration to the Danish Maritime  Authority that the ship’s safety and health 
assessments have been checked and are in orde r.  This way the Shipowner and master can 
avoid survey and the Danish Maritime Authority can save resources.  
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 July 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   1 July 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Dansk Standard 
Kollegievej 6 
2920 Charlottenlund 
 