WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/494
12 October 2000
(00-4199)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SLOVAK REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic/Fire Protection Office
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 [    ], 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):   Portable fire
extinguishers, pressure vessels from portable fire extinguishers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   D e c r e e  o f  t h e
Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic No. 125/2000 Coll. establishing specifications
concerning the portable fire extinguishers, intended conditions of use, and arrangement of
regular checking thereof (14 pages, in Slovak language)
6. Description of content:   The Decree specifies requirements concerning the functioning,
effectiveness, reliability and safety of above-mentioned fire extinguishing equipment as
well as the most important tasks related to checking, conditions of repairs, conditions of
refilling with the fire extinguishing media, and the ways of installation thereof.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
With the aim of creating a single market, removing technical barriers to trade, and
harmonizing the legal rules of the Slovak Republic with the European Union law system,
progressive transformation of the technical standard provisions into commonly binding
legal acts takes place in the field of fire protection, too.  for this reason the Ministry of
Interior of the Slovak Republic has elaborated the Decree establishing specification laid on
fire closures, intended conditions of use, and arrangement of regular checking thereof.
8. Relevant documents:
- STN EN 3 "Portable Fire Extinguishers" (transposed European standard)
- Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
approximation of the laws of the member states concerning pressure equipment.
- The Decree was published in the Collection of Acts of the Slovak Republic.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2000
10. Final date for comments:
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           