WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.539
29September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4048)
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): Seagoing sailing ships
between 12and40metres intended orusedforcommercial navigation withamaximum
of36passengers (mostly replicas ofhistoric vessels).
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Regulation Amending
theRegulation Governing Passenger Sailing Ships
6. Description ofcontent: ThedraftRegulation stated inpoint 5isanexempting regulation
which maybeusedonavoluntary basis. Sailing ships which satisfy therequirements
established intheAppendices tothisRegulation areexempted from theconstruction
requirements andthedesign andequipment requirements ofthe1965 Shipping Decree
(seeArticle 3oftheRegulation). TheRegulation alsocontains Regulations relating to
inspection. Thetechnical regulations inAppendix 2band5havealready beennotified.
Theremaining technical regulations arecontained inAppendix 1.This Appendix
contains mechanical andvessel design regulations andregulations relating torigging,
equipment, construction, fireprotection, electrical equipment andgasinstallations.
Article 5,Paragraph 2specifies thataninspection oftheshipconstruction mayalso
occur pursuant toregulations from other recognized classification bodies. Paragraph 3of
Article 5contains amutual recognition clause relating tothetypeapprovals required by
thisRegulation. Within theframework oftheEuropean Classification Directive
(94/57/EC), each independent classification body which hasestablished regulations
which areapplicable tosailing ships between 12and40metres will, inaddition tothe
Holland Register, berecognized asasurvey organization forsailing ships. Appendices 2
and2arelate totheimplementation ofDirective No.92/29/EEC. Appendices 3and4
include examples oftheclassification certificate andregister ofsailing ships.
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7. Objective andrationale: The1965 Shipping Decree Regulations governing exemption do
notapply oraredifficult toapply tothesailing ships inquestion. IftheRegulation
contains quantitative import restrictions ormeasures ofsimilar effect within themeaning
ofArticle 30oftheECTreaty, thensuchmeasures arejustified inorder tosafeguard
human lifeandhealth; thatis,thesafety oftheshipanditspassengers. With regard to
foreign products which satisfy therequirements established inthecountry oforigin,
Article 5,Paragraph 3contains aprovision relating tomutual recognition.
8. Relevant documents: Appendices 2,2a,3,4and5ofthisRegulation were previously
notified totheCommission, aswellasAppendix 2b.Forthe1965 Shipping Decree.
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: