WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/22
19 September 2001
(01-4444)
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):   Nuclear materials,
selected items, ionizing radiation sources, packaging assemblies for transport and storage of
nuclear materials and radioactive substances.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Amendment of
Act No 18/1997 Coll., on Peaceful Utilisation of Nuclear Energy and Ionising Radiation
(the Atomic Act) and on Amendments to some acts (53 pages, in English).
6. Description of content:   The Act regulates the way of nuclear energy utilisation and
ionising radiation and conditions for the perfomance of activities related to nuclear energy
utilisation and activities connected with irradiation.
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
nuclear safety and radiation protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 96/29/Euratom, Act No 18/1997 Coll.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 December 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 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:
http://www.unmz.cz/ , wto.tbt@unmz.cz