WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/20
29 August 2001
(01-4158)
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:   Ministry of Health
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):   Biocidal products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    Draft Act on
Conditions of Placing of Biocidal Products and Active Substances on the Market (34 pages,
in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The Act lays down rights and obligations of natural persons and
legal entities for issue of an authorization for placing biocidal products and active
substances on the market in the Czech Republic, the way of measuring of effectivity of
biocidal products and active substances and the protection of harmful effects for humanhealth, animals and the environment.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To comply the Czech legal system with EC legislation and to assure the higher level of
human health protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 98/8/EC
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 October 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   30 September 2001
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:
www.unmz.cz , wto.tbt@unmz.cz