WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/71
25 June 2003
(03-3405)
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 Transport
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):   Recreational crafts.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The draft of the
Government Order Amending Government  Order No 234/2001 Coll., that lays down
Technical Requirements for the Recreational Crafts and Certain Component Parts Thereof
(9 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The draft of this Government Order lays down affixing CE
marking of conformity to certain products; lays down requirements for declaration of
conformity, and amends other provisions to reach the full compatibility with Directive94/25/EC of the European Parliament and the Council.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Introduction of Directive 94/25/EC of the Eur opean Parliament and the Council of 16 June
1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the
Member States relating to recreational craft into the legal order of the Czech Republic.
Achievement of the full compatibility with relevant EC legislation.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 22/1997 Coll. on technical requirements for products as
amended, Directive 94/25/EC.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2004
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of accession of the Czech Republic  into the EU.
10. Final date for comments:   15 August 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:
wto.tbt@unmz.cz