WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/440
21 September 2000
(00-3765)
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:   Ministry of Transport and Communications
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):   Motor vehicles, wheeled
tractors
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the
Ministry of Transport and Communications to Act on Technical Conditions for the
Operation of Vehicles on Roads, concerning the Approval of Technical Worthiness and theTechnical Conditions for the Operation of Vehicles on Roads  (approx. 62 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   The draft Decree lays down in details the procedure of type
approval of vehicles.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The necessity of existing law renovation - the adaptation to the technical and social
progress, approximation of Czech legislative to the EC regulations- introduction of the
European Standards.
8. Relevant documents:   Act on Technical Conditions for the Operation of Vehicles on
Roads, Act No. 38/1995 Coll. of the Ministry of Transport, on General technical
requirements for the Operation of Vehicles on Roads and Regulations Related.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
10. Final date for comments:   October 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   wto.tbt@biskup.unmz.cz