WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/27
25 January 2002
(02-0386)
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 Industry and Trade
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):   Measuring instruments
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Amendment of
Act No 505/1990 Coll. on Metrology, as amended by Act No 119/2000 Coll. (18 pages, in
Czech)
6. Description of content:   Draft amendment modifies some provisions of the Act, namely
using of reference materials, official marks, test sheets, placing the goods with the „e“symbol on the market, approval of foreign documents and marks validity.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To comply the Czech legal system with EC legislation.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 505/1990 Coll. on Metrology, as amended by Act
No 119/2000 Coll.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  April 2002
10. Final date for comments:   28 February 2002
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:
http://www.unmz.cz/ , wto.tbt@unmz.cz