WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/31
7 February 2002
(02-0601)
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:   State Office of Nuclear Safety
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):   Packaging assemblies
for transport and storage of nuclear materials and radioactive substances, ionising radiation
sources.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree on Type
Approval of Packaging Assemblies for Transport and Storage of Nuclear Materials and
Radioactive Substances, on Type Approval of  Ionizing Radiation Sources and Transport
and Shipment of Special Nuclear Materials and Specified Radionuclide Sources (102 pages,
in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The draft Decree regulates the details and procedure of packaging
assemblies for transport and storage of nuclear materials and radioactive substances,
radiation sources, nuclear materials and condition of international transport of these things.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To comply the Czech legal system with EC legi slation in order to assure the higher level of
nuclear safety and radiation protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directives 92/3/Euratom, 94/55/EC, 96/49/EC.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   30 April 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