. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/73
18 July 2003
(03-3897)
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):   Foodstuffs and tobacco
products.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree
No …/2003 Coll., amending Decree No 324/1997 Coll., on Methods of LabellingFoodstuffs and Tobacco Products, on Permissible Quantity Variance from Data on Quantity
of Product Labelled by the “e“ Symbol, as amended by Decree No 24/2001 Coll. (7 pages,
in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The Decree determines methods of foodstuffs and tobacco
products labelling and permissible quantity variance from data on quantity of products
labelled by the “e“ symbol.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Approximation of the Czech legal system to EC regulations.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 110/1997 Coll., on Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products and
Amendments to Some Relevant Acts, as later amended; Decree No 324/1997 Coll., on
Methods of Labelling Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products on Permissible Quantity Variancefrom Data on Quantity of Product Labelled by the “e“ Symbol, as amended by Decree No
24/2001 Coll.; Council Regulation 2001/13/E C, Commission Regulation 2002/67/EC,
Commission Regulation 1994/54/EC, Commi ssion Regulation 1999/10/EC, Commission
Regulation 2002/86/EC, Council Regulation 1999/2/EC.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 August 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the day of entry into force of the agreement on
accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union (1 May 2004).G/TBT/N/CZE/73
Page 2
10. Final date for comments:   21 July 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