WORLD TRADE G/TBT/10.7/N/6
17March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1058)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
AGREEMENT REACHED BYAMEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY ORCOUNTRIES
ONISSUES RELATED TOTECHNICAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS
ORCONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION
Under Article 10.7oftheAgreement "Whenever aMember hasreached anagreement with
anyother country orcountries onissues related totechnical regulations, standards orconformity
assessment procedures which mayhaveasignificant effect ontrade, atleastoneMember party tothe
agreement shallnotify other Members through theSecretariat oftheproducts tobecovered bythe
agreement andinclude abrief description oftheagreement." Thefollowing notification under
Article 10.7hasbeenreceived.
1. Member notifying: POLAND
2. Title ofthebilateral orplurilateral Agreement: Cooperation Agreement onMutual
Recognition ofCertificates andProduct TestResults between PCBC andOffice for
Technical Standardization, Metrology andState Tests ofCzech Republic signed on
11March 1996
3. Parties totheAgreement: Polish Center forTesting andCertification,
Office forTechnical Standardization, Metrology andState Tests ofCzech Republic
4. Date ofentry intoforce oftheAgreement: Date ofreceipt bytheCzech party ofthe
notification.
5. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading):
This agreement shall apply tothose products which are: Fuels, fuelproducts, iron
metallurgic products, non-iron metallurgic products, metal industry products, machines
andappliances, precision industry products, vehicles, electrotechnical andelectronical
industry products, chemical industry products, construction materials, glass andfine
pottery products, wood andpaper industry products, other clothing industry products
andother industrial products.
6. Subject matter covered bytheAgreement (technical regulations, standards orconformity
assessment procedures): Conformity assessment procedures
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7. Brief description oftheAgreement: According tothisAgreement, therecognition of
certificates andtestresults included inproduct testreports concerns theproducts which:
- Aretheobject ofthetrade exchange between Polish andCzech economic
entities;
- aresubject totheobligation ofconducting testing andcertification atleastinone
ofthese countries;
- aremanufactured inthese countries.
TheParties shall mutually recognize testing laboratories andcertification bodies
accredited inthenational accreditation systems entitled bythem toconduct testing and
certification. Thetesting laboratories should comply withtherequirements included in
theStandard EN45001 andtheISO/IEC Guide 25.Thecertification bodies should
comply withtherequirements oftheStandard EN45011 andtheISO/IEC Guide 28.
8. Further information available from: Polish Committee forStandardization, WTO TBT
National Enquiry Point, ul. Elektoralna 2,00-950 Warszawa, Telefax
No.+48226247122(general information) orPolish Center forTesting and
Certification, ul.Klobucka 23A,00-699 Warszawa, Telefax No.+48 226471222
(details).