. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/2/Add.73
24 January 2003
(03-0414)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Communication from Croatia
Addendum
The following statement under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
has been received from the Republic of Croatia.
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I. TRANSPARENCY
A. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY
1. The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Croatia has the overall responsibility for
ensuring that obligations under the Agreement are fulfilled.
B. ENQUIRY POINT AND NOTIFICATION POINT
2. The State Office for Standardization and Metrology (DZNM) has established in 1998 the
Enquiry Point and the notification point foreseen in Articles 10.1 and 10.2 of the TBT Agreement.The address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows:
TBT Enquiry Point
State Office for Standardization and Metrology – DZNM
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10000 ZagrebCroatia
Tel:  + 385 1 610 60 90
Fax:  + 385 1 610 93 25
Email:  wto.sredisnjica@dznm.hr
mladenr@dznm.hr
Contact person:  Mr. Mladen Radeti ć
3. The State Office for Standardization and Metrology (DZNM) performs notification
procedures of technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures as well as
information exchange in accordance with Article 10.G/TBT/2/Add.73
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C. PUBLICATIONS
4. Technical rules adopted in the form of laws or regulations are published in the Official
Gazette of the Republic of Croatia:  (Croatian title:  Narodne novine).  Standards are announced in the
bulletin of the state Office for Standardization and Metrology:  (Croatian title:  Glasilo DZNM).
5. Messages issued by State Office for Standa rdization and Metrology (DZNM). Copies can be
obtained from the Enquiry Point.
II. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS
6. The process of implementation and administration of the TBT is supported by the following
legislative acts:
A. STANDARDIZATION ACT
7. The Standardization Act (Official Gazette, No. 55/96, 18 pages) regulates product safety and
manufacturer's liability for manufactured product.  On the basis of this law, ministries and
governmental bodies adopt technical regulations in accordance with their relevant scopes. The
Standardization Act also regulates Croatian standardization, its organization, representation in
international and regional standardization bodies and financing, as well as the preparation,
development, publication and application of Croatian standards.  It also regulates accreditation in
voluntary and non-voluntary fields.
B. METROLOGICAL ACT
8. Legal metrology is covered by two laws:  the Law on Units of Measurement (Official
Gazette, No. 58/93, 8 pages) and the Metrology Law (Official Gazette, No. 11/94, 13 pages).
9. The Law on Units of Measurement regulates the system of units of measurement which can
be used in public in Croatia.
10. The Metrology Law lays down the legal framework for prescribing metrological requirements
for measurement instruments, measurement standards and pre-packages, as ell as the testing and
verification of measurement instruments.  Special regulation adopted on the basis of this law establish
special requirements for individual types of measurem ent instruments.  It also regulates responsibility
for the realization and maintenance of national measurement standards and the accreditation ofcalibration laboratories.
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