WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/76
18 July 2003
(03-3904)
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 Agriculture
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):   Woods
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree
No …/2003 Coll., on Details of Marking, Measuring and Classification of Woods
(21 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The Draft Decree lays down specification of marking, measuring
and classification of woods put into circulation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Approximation of the Czech legal system to EC law.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 289/1995 Coll., on Woods and on Amendments to Some
Acts (Woods Act), as later amended, Council Directive No 1968/89/EEC.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1October 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2004
10. Final date for comments:   1 September 2003
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