WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.575
1 December 1998
(98-4823)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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:  Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):  Construction products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Governmental
Order Amending the Governmental Order No. 178/1997 Coll., that lays down the technical
requirements for construction products (8 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:  The Governmental Order is drafted according to Article 12,
paragraphs 1 and 4, and Article 13, paragraphs 2 and 4 of Act No. 22/1997 Coll., on
Technical Requirements for Products and on Amendments to Some Acts, which had beennotified to the Members of WTO/TBT by means of the notification G/TBT/Notif.96.24.
The draft amending of the above-mentioned Order is aimed at approximating to the
situation applied in the European Union.  The draft is taking into account especially:
- The Communication of the European Commission on the interpretation
documents to the Council Directive No. 89/106 EEC;
- the mandates given by the European Commission for elaboration of
harmonized European standards.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
8.Relevant documents: Act 22/1997 Coll.,
Official Journal of the COSMT,
Collection of Laws
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 1999
10. Final date for comments:  15 January 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           