WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/54
12 August 2002
(02-4390)
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 Health
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):   Public health
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   T h e  D r a f t
Amendment of Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on Amendments to
Some Acts (29 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   This draft amendment improves the existing legislation.  The
major aim of the draft amendment is to elimin ate some formal inaccuracies that might lead
to different interpretations.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health and safety.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No. 258/200 Coll., on Public Health Protection and on
Amendments to Some Acts.
9. Proposed date of adoption:                October 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:     1 July 2003
10. Final date for comments:   16 September 2002
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