. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CZE/91 
13 April 2004 
 (04-1642) 
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 the Environment      
Vrsovicka 65, 100 10 Prague 10, Czech Republic 
 becvar@env.cz  Tel.: +420 2 6712 2238   
Tel./Fax: +420 2 6731 0152 
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):   Chemical substances 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the 
Ministry of the Environment on Using a Diffe rent Name of Dangerous Chemical Substance 
in Designation of Dangerous Chemical Prepar ation and Granting of Exemptions to the 
Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Chemical  Substances and Chemical Preparations  
(16 pages, in Czech). 
6. Description of content:   The draft Decree implements Ar ticle 21 of Act No 356/2003 Coll., 
on Chemical Substances and Chemical Preparations, and lays down: label usage 
(designation, name), which identifies the names of the most important groups or alternative 
names in classification of dangerous chemical  preparations; a list of functional groups and 
chemical elements, which must be taken into  account during the choice of alternative label 
(designation, name); examples of alternative la bels formation (designations, names) are also 
given. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To achieve the improvement in the protection of health and the environment. 
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 356/2003 Coll., on Chemical Substances and Chemical 
Preparations, Council Directive 67/548/EEC. G/TBT/N/CZE/91 
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2004 
Proposed date of entry into force:  May 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   30 April 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:  
wto.tbt@unmz.cz  
 