WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/1
26 February 2001
(01-0941)
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 Culture
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):   Cultural goods
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Act on Return of
Cultural Goods (20 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   Implementation of the Directive 93/7/EC on the return of cultural
goods unlawfully removed from the territory of the EU Member State.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To ensure the protection and the return of  cultural goods unlawfully removed from the
territory of the EU Member State.
8. Relevant documents:   Directives 93/7/EC and 96/100/EC
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 March 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU
10. Final date for comments:   1 March 2001
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:
wto.tbt@unmz.cz