WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.72
29March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1140)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SPAIN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Directorate-General ofHousing, Town Planning andArchitecture,
Ministry ofPublic Works, Transport andtheEnvironment
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): Products ormaterials
affecting theconstruction ofbuildings
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Royal Decree
Amending Basic Construction Standard NBE-CPI/91 "Conditions fortheProtection of
Buildings against Fire"
6. Description ofcontent: Construction anddesign conditions forbuildings toguarantee
sufficient protection against firehazards.
7. Objective andrationale: Updates thecurrent regulations tobring them intolinewith
technical advances andwithexperience inapplying them.
8. Relevant documents: Basic Building Standard NBE-CPI/91
9. Proposed dateofadoption: October 1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 7May1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Dirección paralaVivienda, elUrbanismo ylaArquitectura, Ministerio deObras
Públicas, Transportes yMedio Ambiente, (Directorate-General ofHousing, Town
Planning andArchitecture, Ministry ofPublic Works, Transport andtheEnvironment)
Nuevos Ministerios, Plaza deSanJuan delaCruz s/n, 28071 Madrid, Spain
Fax: 5.97.67.04