WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/12
3 August 2001
(01-3875)
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):   Weights of from 1 mg to
50 kg of above-medium accuracy
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the
Ministry of Industry and Trade which lays down the Requirements for Weights of from1 mg to 50 kg of Above-medium Accuracy B earing the EEC Mark (7 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   The draft decree lays down the requirements for weights of from
1 mg to 50 kg of above-medium accuracy bearing the EEC mark.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To harmonize the Czech legal system with the EC law.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 505/1990 Coll. on Metrology, as amended by
Act No 119/2000 Coll., Council Directive 74/148/EEC.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 December 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  the date of the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU
10. Final date for comments:   30 September 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: www.unmz.cz ,
wto.tbt@unmz.cz