RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.24
16February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0567)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofEconomy
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Alltheproducts which could,
when used, endanger thehealth andsafety ofpersons andproperty, withtheexception ofthose
covered byother laws andrelevant implementary regulations.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft ActonTechnical Requirements for
Products andontheAmendment ofSome Relevant Acts (available inEnglish, 17pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheActcodifies:
(a) Themethod ofdetermination oftechnical requirements relating toproducts which could
endanger thehealth and/or safety ofpersons andproperty;
(b) therights andobligations ofproducers, importers anddistributors ofproducts thatplace
onthemarket products which could endanger thehealth and/or safety ofpersons and
property;
(c) therights andobligations oflegal entities ornatural persons carrying outactivities under
thisActrelating tothedrafting andapplication ofCzech Standards andtoState testing.
Thedraft Actconsists ofthree parts:
PartI:Technical requirements forproducts includes thefollowing Articles:
Technical Regulations; Czech Technical Standards; Creation ofCzech Standards; Conditions
forDrafting, Approving andIssuing ofCzech Standards; Notification Obligations; Obligations
ofProducers, Importers andDistributors Concerning thePlacing ofProducts ontheMarket;
State Testing; Certification; Authorization; Products Conformity Assessment; Declaration of
Conformity; Accreditation; Conditions forAuthorization ofAccreditation Bodies; Certificate on
Accreditation; Recognition ofForeign Documents andMarks; Surveillance; Penalties;
Proceedings; andPowers.
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):
PartII:Amendments tosome relevant Acts amend:
ActNo.64/1986 Coll., onCzech Trade Inspection, inthewording oftheActNo.240/1992
Coll., andActNo.20/1993 Coll., ontheAssurance oftheExercise ofState Administration in
theFields ofTechnical Standardization, Metrology andState Testing.
PartIII:Final provisions includes revocations ofthefollowing Acts andDecrees:
(1) ActNo.30/1968 Coll., onState Testing inthewording ofActs Nos. 54/1987 Coll.,
194/1988 Coll., and479/1992 Coll.;
(2) ActNo.142/1991 Coll., onCzechoslovak technical standards inthewording ofAct
No.632/1992 Coll.;
(3) Decree No.104/1984 Coll., oftheOffice forStandardization andMeasurement, on
Testing ofArms andAmmunition forUsebyCivilians;
(4) Decree No.585/1992 Coll., oftheFederal Office forStandardization andMetrology
implementing theActNo.30/1968 Coll., onState Testing inthewording ofthe
subsequent Decree No.232/1993 Coll.;
(5) Decree No.101/1988 Coll., oftheOffice forStandardization andMetrology, onthe
Certification oftheProducts, inthewording ofDecree No.233/1993 Coll.
Thedraft Actiscompatible withtherelevant legal regulations oftheEC. Itincludes the
basic provisions oftheDirective 92/59/EEC, onGeneral Product Safety, andthecommon
principles ofthe(1)Council (EEC) Resolution No.90/C 10/01, onGlobal Approach tothe
Conformity Assessment, (2)theCouncil (EEC) Decision No.93/465 (EEC), onModules of
Conformity Assessment Stages, (3)theCouncil (EEC) Resolution No.85/C 136/01, onNew
Approach toTechnical Harmonization andStandards.
7. Objective andrationale: Health and/or safety ofpersons andproperty.
8. Relevant documents: (1)Notice willbepublished intheOfficial Journal oftheCOSMT; (2)Act
onTechnical Requirements forProducts; (3)After theadoption thedocument willbepublished
intheCollection ofLaws.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1July1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 26March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother body: