WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99/581
26 November 1999
(99-5127)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CZECH REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Wine
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Act Amending
Act No. 115/1995 Coll., on Viticulture and on Amendments to Some Related Regulations
(20 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   The Act specifies vine growing regions, municipalities and zones
for the growing of the registered varieties of vine as a basis for production of individual
types of wine in the CR.  It lays down the conditions for the quality control of domestic aswell as imported wines, conditions for authorized and prohibited methods of wine
production and marketing.  It regulates the vineyard records and establishes the Wine Fund,
its revenues and expenditures.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To approximate the Czech legal system with EC regulations.
8. Relevant documents:  Act. 115/1995 Coll.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 1999
10. Final date for comments:   31 December 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           