SWEDEN: MARINE ENGINES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.87. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: SWEDEN. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of the Environment Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above: 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Marine engines. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Law on Noise and Exhaust Gas Requirements on Marine Engines. Regulation on Noise and Exhaust Gas Requirements on Marine Engines. 6. Description of content: The Law and Regulation stipulate noise and exhaust gas requirements on marine engines for ships with a hull length not exceeding 24 metres. The requirements are limit values not to be exceeded when the engines are placed on the market. The manufacturer or his representative in Sweden is liable for conformity to the requirements. Marine engines are not subject to prior approval by an authority. Nor do they have to be tested at special Notified Bodies. At an inspection the manufacturer must instead be prepared to prove that his engines meet the requirements. If the engines do not meet the requirements the supervisory authority can instruct the manufacturer or his representative to adopt the measures necessary for remedying the shortcomings or prohibit further sales. Every engine that meets the requirements shall be marked. The Law and the Regulation will enter into force in two steps, 1 January 1998 and 1 January 1999. 7. Objective and rationale: The purpose of the Law and the Regulation is to decrease the emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from marine engines and to reduce noise from the engines. 8. Relevant documents: N/A. 9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 1998. Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 1999. 10. Final date for comments: 17 June 1996. (113)

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