WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/32
6 February 2002
(02-0613)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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:   State Office of Nuclear Safety
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Ionising radiation
sources
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree on
Radiation Protection Requirements (99 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The draft Decree regulates details on radiation protection
including import and export of radiation substances and ionising radiation sources.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To comply the Czech legal system with EC legi slation in order to assure the higher level of
nuclear safety and radiation protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 96/29/Euratom
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   30 April 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
http://www.unmz.cz/ , wto.tbt@unmz.cz