WORLD TRADE G/TBT/10.7/N/1
12February 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0530)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
AGREEMENT REACHED BYAMEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY ORCOUNTRIES
ONISSUES RELATED TOTECHNICAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS
ORCONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION
Under Article 10.7oftheAgreement "Whenever aMember hasreached anagreement with
anyother country orcountries onissues related totechnical regulations, standards orconformity
assessment procedures which mayhaveasignificant effect ontrade, atleastoneMember party tothe
agreement shallnotify other Members through theSecretariat oftheproducts tobecovered bythe
agreement andinclude abrief description oftheagreement." Thefollowing notification under
Article 10.7hasbeenreceived.
1. Member notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
2. Titleofthebilateral orplurilateral Agreement: Agreement between theCzech Office for
Standards, Metrology andTesting andtheState Committee oftheUkraine for
Standardization, Metrology andCertification, ontherecognition oftheResults ofthe
Conformity Assessment, (4pages, available inCzech)
3. Parties totheAgreement: 1)TheCzech Office forStandards, Metrology andTesting,
2)TheState Committee oftheUkraine forStandardization, Metrology andCertification.
4. Dateofentry intoforce oftheAgreement: 4December 1996
5. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading):
Thisagreement shallapply tothose products which are:
- traded between/among theproducing andcommercial entities oftheCzech
Republic andtheUkraine;
- subject tomandatory testing andcertification atleast inonce ofthecountries
concerned;
- originating inthecountries concerned.
6. Subject matter covered bytheAgreement (technical regulations, standards orconformity
assessment procedures): Conformity assessment procedures
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7. Brief description oftheAgreement: Forthepurposes ofthisagreement theconformity
assessment results mean certificates ortestresults.
Agreement laysdown conditions under which theconformity assessment results shallbe
recognized.
Parties totheagreement shallprepare andmutually agree on:
- thelistofprior groups ofproducts covered bythisagreement;
- thelistofCzech authorized testing laboratories andthecertifying bodies
oftheUkraine.
- accreditation intheCzech national accreditation system ofthecertifying bodies
andtesting laboratories oftheUkraine.
- using bytheimporting Party oftheproduct testing records issued bythe
certifying bodies oftheexporting Party;
- exchange ofrelevant legal regulations, standards andother technical documents
relating totheproducts concerned, andofinformation onamendments tothem.
8. Further information available from: National enquiry point