WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.515
24September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3959)
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): Navigation bridge on
board fishing vessels builtonoraftertheentry intoforce ofthepresent Notice.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notice totheDeep-
SeaFishing Industry Amending Notice totheDeep-Sea Fishing Industry No.71/1992
(Provisions onVisibility from theNavigation Bridge)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepresent Notice contains rules governing provisions for
visibility from thenavigation bridge. These rules arebased onResolution A.708(17) of
theInternational Maritime Organisation, containing provisions forvisibility from the
navigation bridge andfortheuseofthenavigation bridge. Anindicative summary of
thetechnical regulations isgiven below:
Articles 1,2and3;
Article 5recommends ISO-standard 8468 and8468/DAD. Thecontent ofthe
Notice conforms toNotice totheShipping Industry No.299/1992.
7. Objective andrationale: Insofar asthedraftamendment totheNotice contains technical
barriers totrade, these measures arejustified intheinterest ofpublic safety. Aclause
ofmutual recognition hasbeenincluded inArticle 6forthebenefit offoreign products
which fulfil therequirements setinthecountry oforigin.
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8. Relevant documents:
- Original Explanatory Note;
- TheFishing Vessels Decree;
- IMO Resolution A.708(17).
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 5November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 6November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4November 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: