Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Albania - Gas industry

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: Albania

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: National Enquiry Point

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Gas industry

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Decision of Council of Ministers "Technical regulations for the gas industry - Code of practice G 459-2, May 2005" (20 page(s), in Albanian)

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Description of content: This draft Decision of Council of Ministers defines the regulation of the gas pressure in the service lines for incoming pressures up to 5 bar.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The purpose of the following processing of this code is to harmonize with European directives and standards. Adaptation to standard SSH EN 12279 is the foundation of this processing.

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Relevant documents:

·         Directive 97/23/CE

·         DIN 3381; DIN 3537-1; DIN 18012; DIN 30690-1

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Proposed date of adoption: 24 November 2017

Proposed date of entry into force: 17 January 2018

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

General Directorate of Standardization
WTO Enquiry Point - Albania
Tel.: +355 42 22 62 55
Fax: +355 42 24 71 77
E-mail: info@dps.gov.al
http://www.dps.gov.al