WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.88
12April 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1318)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Maritime Administration
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): Bowdoors andinner
doors onro-ro passenger ships
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TheDecree bythe
National Maritime Administration withRegulations Concerning Bow Doors andInner
Doors withtheEquipment Belonging toitonRo-Ro Passenger Ships
6. Description ofcontent: Therulegives requirements forthearrangement, strength and
securing ofbowdoors andinner doors leading toacomplete orlongforward enclosed
superstructure onSwedish ro-ro passenger ships. Therequirements arefound inthe
Annex totheDecree. Therulesums-up demands claimed bytheInternational
Association ofClassification Societies (AICS) andbytheInternational Maritime
Organization (IMO):
1.Depending ontheconstruction yearoftheabove-mentioned ships, theyshalleither
comply withAICS'Rules S161995, orAICS'Rules S8Rev.2,1995 V2.
2.Theships shallalsocomply withcertain requirements concerning theimpenetrability
andtheplacing oftheextended collision bulkhead, systems forindication and
monitoring, operating andmaintenance manual etc.(correspond totheamendment tothe
Annex totheInternational Convention fortheSafety ofLifeatSea1974, Regulation 10
and23-2, 6December 1995). Theintroduction oftherequirements under 2.implies
thattheintroduction ofnewIMO requirements arebrought forward inSweden.
7. Objective andrationale: Toincrease thesafety onro-ro passenger ships with the
establishment ofasafety standard concerning thearrangement, strength andsecuring of
bowdoors andinner doors.
8. Relevant documents: AICS'Rules S8Rev.2 1995, V2; AICS'Rules S161995;
Amendment totheAnnex totheInternational Convention fortheSafety ofLifeatSea
1974, Regulation 10and23-2, 6December 1995.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Assoonaspossible
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 17June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: