WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.240
6June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2366)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Slovak Ministry ofHealth, Chief Sanitation Officer oftheSlovak
Republic
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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 maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Children 'sandbaby
clothing including diapers andtextiles fortheirmanufacture; clothes which areindirect
contact with theskinincluding textiles fortheir manufacture; clothes which arein
indirect contact with theskinincluding textiles fortheir manufacture, bedclothes
including textiles fortheirmanufacture, coverlets, towels, textile wallcoverings, drapes,
curtains, floor coverings, threads andyarns (5007, 5107, 5109, 5111-5112, 5204, 5207,
5208, 5209, 5210-5212, 5309, 5401, 5406, 5407, 5408, 5508, 5511-5516, 5701-5705,
5801, 5905, 6001-6002, 6101-6109, 6110-6117, 61241, 61249, 6201-6214, 6216,
63012-63014, 63019, 63021-63023, 63026, 63029, 6303, 6505)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: STN 800055
Textiles. Limit Concentrations ofHarmful Substances. Technical Requirements and
Testing Methods (35pages, available inSlovak).
6. Description ofcontent: Thisstandard isestablishing limit concentrations ofthehealth
harmful substances (formaldehyde, extractable heavy metals, pesticides) intextiles and
textile products. Italsostates thelistofcolouring matters, theuseofwhich isbanned in
theSlovak Republic, aqueous extract pHlimit values, andcolour fastness minimum
values forgiven range ofproducts. Atthesame timethestandard specifies relevant
testing methods fordetermining given parameters. Thisstandard isnotvalid fortextile
fibres.
Thedraft ofthestandard iscorresponding withprovisions given byrespective Council
Directives: 92/59/EEC (safety ofproducts) and94/60/EEC (prohibition concerning use
ofdangerous substances)
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
Determination ofharmful substances, limits andtesting methods isincorrespondence
withthe96/304/EC andEN71-3, aswellaswithother standards andactions approved
invarious EUcountries.
7. Objective andrationale: Thisstandard wasdeveloped toprotect theusers'health, andto
provide complex protection from respective harmful substances. Itisbased onresults
obtained from thetextile products obligatory certification applied toproducts for
children uptothree years ofage,which wasputtouseintheSlovak Republic in
1995-1996. Inaccordance withtheActofNo.272/94 Coll., dealing withthepopulation
protection, aswellastheActNo.142/92 Coll, dealing withtechnical standardization,
Slovak Ministry ofHealth putforth therequirement forapartofthestandard, namely
Tables 1-4,tobeobligatory forafiveyearperiod.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) Previous documents:
- ActNo.242/94 Coll., onhuman health protection;
- ActNo.142/92 Coll., ontechnical standardization;
(b) International documents:
- 92/59/EEC Council Directive
- 94/60/EEC Council Directive
- 96/304/EC Council Regulation
(c) Publication inwhich theeisareference:
UNMS Bulletin (Vestník ÚNMS SR)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 25August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: