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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.97
5April 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0821)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Slovak Office ofStandards, Metrology andTesting (ÚNMS SR)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Mechanized tools(8467),
lightbuilding cranes, climbing equipment (8426; 8431), machines anddevices usedin
civilengineering forproportioning thecomponents, mixtures preparation, transport and
storage, pipings, maintenance, renewal, cleaning, performing basic functions (8428;
8474; 8479; 8474; 8705; 8462; 8464; 8467; 8479), stone saws, stone grinding and
polishing machines (8464), wooden ladders andfittings (4418).
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Decree ÚNMS SR95/1995 of
2January ViaWhich theProducts forObligatory Certification attheTechnical and
Testing Institute ofBuilding inBratislava areSpecified
6. Description ofcontent: Theproposed technical regulations state theexamining of
mechanical, fire and electrical safety, hygienic irreproachability, health and
environmental protection, safety atwork andenergy saving andsubsequent certification
ofconformity ofthese products tothespecified technical standards andlegislative
regulations.
7. Objective andrationale: Thereason forintroducing theobligatory testing instead of
current obligatory products typeapproval istoharmonize theconformity certification
system valid inthecountries ofEUandEFTA (according tosocalled "Global Approach
toCertification andTesting" of13June1989). Theaimofintroducing these regulations
istoreach fullcompatibility oftheprocedure fortheconformity certification ofproducts
inaccordance with theEUdirectives, which subsequently willensure themutual
recognition ofcertificates.
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8. Relevant documents:
(a) Previous documents:
- ActNo.30/1968 Zb.onstatetesting intenor tosubsequent regulations;
- FUNM Decree No.101/1988 onproducts certification.
(b) International documents:
- European Commission 'sdocument No.89/C267/03 of15June 1989
"Global Approach toCertification andTesting, Qualitative Measures for
Industrial Products";
- EUCouncil Decision of13December 1990 concerning themodules for
various phases oftheconformity assessment procedures which are
intended tobeusedinthetechnical harmonization directives;
- EUCouncil Directive No.89/392/EEC inwording ofchanges of
91/168 EEC, 93/44/EEC, 93/68/EEC onunifying thelegal regulations
concerning machines;
- EUCouncil Directive No.73/23/EEC inwording of93/68/EEC related
toelectrical low-voltage devices.
(c) Publication inwhich there isareference:
- UNMS Bulletin No.1-2/1995 (Vestník ÚNMS SRNo.1-2/1995).
(d) Publication inwhich theproposal willbepublished aftertheapproval:
- Official Gazette oftheSlovak Republic.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1June1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 30May1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: