RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.45
20February 1995
ORGANIZATION Special Distribution
(95-0354)
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
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Radio reception
equipment forreceiving safety messages formaritime application
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: NL-ETS 300065Specifications of
Minimum Requirements forMaritime Radio Communication Equipment forReceiving
Safety Messages intheNAVTEX System, Operating at518XHz
6. Description ofcontent: Thetechnical regulation contains theminimum requirements
withwhich NAVTEX reception equipment, comprising receiver, built-in processor and
printer must comply. Therequirements areentirely based ontheEuropean Standard
ETS300065.
7. Objective andrationale: Inaddition totheobjective ofpreventing trading restrictions by
introducing newEuropean technical regulations, obligations pursuant tointernational
treaties (INO), intended toimprove thesafety oftheship anditscrew (SOLAS
Convention) shallapply.
8. Relevant documents: Radio Equipment Order (Stb. 1988, 552), Sections Cand
F;Ships Order 1965 (Stb. 1968, 367amended byStb.1992, 35).
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 15March 1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 1March 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: