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WTO notification · TBT

SwedenProposed measure, open for comments

Iron or steel articles; Machinery and mechanical

Official title

The Swedish Transport Agency's regulations on thermal oil systems on board ships

Sweden notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 5 November 2026. Comments are open until 11 January 2027.

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At a glance

Products

ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL; NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF; Shipbuilding and marine structures

HS codes
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 73 ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
Notifying member
Sweden
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/SWE/162

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 11 January 2027
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 11 January 2027, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SWE/162 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Sweden.

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What the notification says

Safety requirements for thermal oil systems on board Swedish ships with respect to design, installation, operation, inspection and maintenance. Unofficial translations will be available via the EU TRIS-database here: Detalj anmälan | TRIS - European Commission

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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