WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/64
22 August 2002
(02-4539)
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):   Pressure equipment
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 Pressure Equipment
(68 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 interminology 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:   Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 97/23/EC,
Act No 22/1997 Coll., on Technical Requirements for Products, as amended, Government
Order No 182/1999 Coll., which lays down the Technical Requirements for Pressure
Equipment, as amended by Government Order No 290/2000 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