RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.17
30January 1995
ORGANISATION Special Distribution
(95-0169)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheInterior oftheSlovak Republic (MISR)
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): Painting shops, drying
houses andother arrangements usedforperforming surface treatments
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Regulation oftheMISR, No....
Determining Technical Specifications forFireSafety During Product Surface Treatment
withtheUseofPainting Materials
6. Description ofcontent: Theproposal oftheRegulation specifies basic requirements
regarding firesafety applied inthedrawing plans andintheoperation ofthepainting
shops andrelated technological arrangements which areintegral parts ofperforming
surface treatments. Besides therequirements fortheproject layouts ofthese
arrangements, theproposal oftheRegulation includes alsothefiresafety arrangement
fortheir operation. Theproposal alsodeals withtheproblems ofthearrangements
which hadbeen operated ordesigned before theRegulation comes intoeffect. Key
words: product surface treatment, firesafety, painting materials, fixed extinguishing
installation, flooding (drowning out)installations, local flaming indication, automatic
application ofpainting materials, automatic firealarm, exhausting ventilation.
7. Objective andrationale: Reasons forcompiling thisgenerally obligatory Regulation are
based onthenecessity tocontrol theactivities connected withincreased firehazard that
appears during thesurface treatment technologies using thepainting materials. Alsoitis
based ontheprovisions oftheActNo.142/1991 requiring theharmonization ofthe
national legislation withthose oftheEC.
8. Relevant documents: None identified
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1July1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 30April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: