  
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CZE/95 
26 October 2004 
 (04-4544) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 
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):   Natural sweeteners, 
honey, sweets, cocoa powder and mixtures of cocoa and sugar, chocolate and chocolate 
sweets. 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Draft Amendment to 
Decree No 76/2003 Coll., which sets out the Re quirements for Natural Sweeteners, Honey, 
Sweets, Cocoa Powder and Mixtures of Cocoa and Sugar, Chocolate and Chocolate Sweets (2 pages, in Czech). 
6. Description of content:   The draft Amendment to the Decree transposes Directive 
98/28/EC, which grants a derogation from th e provisions of the second subparagraph of 
Paragraph 2 of Chapter IV of the Annex to Directive 93/43 EEC and sets out uniform conditions for the protection of public h ealth and the safety and hygiene of the 
aforementioned foodstuffs as regards the large-scal e transport by sea of bulk raw sugar. The 
draft Amendment also removes the term "substitute  sweetener". This term is not used in EC 
regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The Decree sets out the requirements for na tural sweeteners, honey, sweets, cocoa powder 
and mixtures of cocoa and sugar, chocolate and chocolate sweets. 
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 110/1997 Coll., on F oodstuffs and Tobacco Products as 
amended, Directive 98/28/EC and Directive 93/43/EC. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }January 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   20 December 2004 
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  
 