WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/268
8 June 2000
(00-2281)
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 Industry and Trade
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Czech Office or Standards, Metrology and Testing
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):   Material measures of
length
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of
.../2000 of the Ministry of Industry and Trad e to Amendment of Act No. 505/1990 Coll.,
Laying down Material Measures of Length (14 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   The draft decree lays down material measures of length in
compliance with the EC Directive (373L0362).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Transposition of EC Directive (373L0362) into the Czech law.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No. 505/1990 Coll., on Metrology, in the Wording of Act. No.
119/2000 Coll.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 October 2000
Proposed date of entry into force: Postponed to:
(a) Mutual recognition agreement with EC (PECA)
(b) Accession to EU
10. Final date for comments:   30 July 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   E-mail address of the national enquiry point:
wto.tbt@biskup.unmz.cz