WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/58
21 August 2002
(02-4522)
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:   Ministry of Industry and Trade
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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Single pressure vessels
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   T h e  D r a f t
Government Order which lays down the Technical Requirements for Single Pressure
Vessels (19 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The aim of this Draft is to achieve full compatibility with EC law
after accession of the Czech Republic to the EU. It concerns particularly changes in
terminology and replacement of the declaration of conformity by the CE marking affixed to
a product and issuance of the EC declaration of conformity.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
      
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 87/404/EEC as amended by Council Directive
90/488/EEC and 93/68/EEC, Act No 22/1977 Coll., on Technical Requirements for
Products, as amended, Government Order No 175/1977 Coll., which lays down the
Technical Requirements for Single Pressure Vessels as amended by Government
No 80/1999 Coll., and Government No 285/2000 Coll.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of entering of the Agreement on Accession of the
Czech Republic to the EU into force.
10. Final date for comments:   16 September 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