WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/51
19 July 2002
(02-4012)
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 Health
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):   Bottled water
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Draft Decree of
the Ministry of Health on Requirements for Health Safety of Bottled Waters and on the Way
of their Processing (21 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The Draft Decree defines types and ways of labelling of bottled
waters in accordance with EC legislation. The requirements on quality and control of
bottled waters are modified only partly. Seven Annexes are the integral part of the
Draft Decree No 292/1997 Coll.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health and safety
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 110/1997 Coll., on Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products and
Amendments to Some Acts, as amended by Act No 166/1999 Coll., No 119/2000 Coll., andNo 306/2000 Coll., Decree of Ministry of H ealth No 292/1997 Coll., on Requirements on
Health Safety of Bottled Waters and on the Way of their Processing as amended by Decree
No 241/1998 Coll., and No 465/2000 Coll., Act No 164/2001 Coll., (Act on Spa); Decree
No 423/2001 Coll., (Water Resources and Spa); Act No 254/2001 Coll., (Act on Water);
Directive 96/70/EC of the European Parliame nt and of the Council amending by Council
Directive 80/777/EEC on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to
the Exploitation and Marketing of Natural Mineral Waters.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of Publication in the Collection of Laws
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification
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