WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/75
18 July 2003
(03-3900)
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):   Tobacco products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree
No …/2003 Coll., on Requirements for T obacco Products (28 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The Decree defines essential tobacco products, specifies tobacco
products classification into types and groups, basic methods of labelling tobacco products,
labelling tobacco products, lays down quality requirements for tobacco products andrequirements for their storage and transportation.
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 on
Amendments to Some Relevant Acts, as later amended, Council Directive 1995/59/EC,
Council Directive 2001/37/EC, Council Directive 2002/10/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).
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