WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.331
16September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3591)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Slovak Ministry ofConstruction andPublic Works (MVVP SR)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Buildings inhabited by
humans
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: STN 730540
Amendment 5:Thermo-Technical Properties ofEngineering Structures andBuildings.
Nomenclature, Requirements andCriteria (8pages, available inSlovak)
6. Description ofcontent: Design andinspection ofengineering structures andbuilding
rooms destined forpermanent residence ofhumans. The criteria ofminimum
temperatures ofinner surfaces (hygiene criteria) andmaximum power consumption for
heating forcomparison ofdesigns onthebasis oftheheatlossbalance (energetic
criteria) arerequired forthermo-technical designs ofengineering structures andbuildings
withgiven conditions ofinner environment. Given values forengineering structures
thermal resistance, respectively heattransfer coefficients arerecommended values.
Criterial requirements andrecommended values aregiven forreconstructed andnew
buildings including blocks offlats, family houses, andmunicipal buildings, respectively.
TheSlovak Standard STN 730540 possesses thecharacter ofrecommendation,
with theexception ofparagraphs 3,21,22,23,respectively, which were made
obligatory.
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7. Objective andrationale: Theamendment ofthisSTN Standard wassubmitted withthe
aimtoprovide higher level oftheconstruction quality, aswellasbetter conditions for
creative work oftheengineers. Besides thermo-technical quality, hygienic conditions,
andreducing power consumption, alsotheeconomy ofproposed construction designs is
taken intoconsideration. Unification ofthedimension variables with theforeign
standards wasalsoprovided.
8. Relevant documents:
- STN730540Amendment5,amendstheoriginalStandard
CSN(STN) 730540:1977. Amendment 5revokes allprevious amendments
related totheabove given Standard, including Amendment 4;
- comparable regulation: Verordnung ubereinen energiesparenden Wärmeschutz
beiGebäuden: Wärmeschutzverordnung -Wärmeschutz V,valid inGermany
from 1January 1995;
- information concerning adoption willbepublished in:Vestník UNMS SR
(Official Journal);
- willbepublished inVestník MVVP SR(Journal oftheSlovak Ministry of
Construction andPublic Works) afteradoption.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1January 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 30November 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: