WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/441
21 September 2000
(00-3766)
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 Transport and Communications
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):   Motor vehicles, wheeled
tractors
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    Draft Decree of the
Ministry of Transport and Communications concerning the Periodical Technical Inspections
and Emission Measurement of Road Vehicles (approx. 18 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   The draft decree lays down periodical technical inspections,
emission measurement and its evaluation as well as stations for inspections and emissionmeasurement.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The necessity of existing law renovation - the adaptation to the technical and social
progress, approximation of Czech legislative to the EC regulations - introduction of the
European Standards.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No. 38/1995 of the Ministry of transport, on General technical
requirements for the Operation of Vehicles on Roads and Regulations connected.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
10. Final date for comments:   October 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