WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/125
10 March 2000
(00-0947)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing
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):   Personal protective
equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Government
Order Amending Government Order No. 172/1997 Coll. to Act No. 22/1997 Coll., Laying
Down Technical Requirements for Personal Protective Equipment (20 pages - consolidated
version, in English)
6. Description of content:   Incorporation of CE marking and safeguard clause into the text.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The removal of incompatible elements with EC Directive, in particular with regards to the
application of CE marking as a declaration of conformity and the application of safeguard
clauses.
8. Relevant documents:
Government Order No. 172/1997 Coll., Laying  Down Technical Requirements for Personal
Protective Equipment and Amended Act No. 22/1997 Coll., on Technical Requirements for
Products and on Amendments to Some Acts
(Note: Amendment to Act 22/1997 Coll. has been approved by  the Parliament, it has not 
been published yet, and it will come into force in April 2000)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 May 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  30 September 2000
10. Final date for comments:   3 April 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   wto.tbt@biskup.unmz.cz