WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/19
13 August 2001
(01-3985)
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 Agriculture
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):   Meat, meat products,
fish, other aquatic animals and products thereof, eggs and products thereof
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the
Ministry of Agriculture No …/2001 Coll., implem enting Article 18 a), d), h), i), j) and k) of
the Act No 110/1997 Coll. on Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products and on amendments to
some acts, for meat, meat products, fish, other aquatic animals and products thereof, eggsand products thereof (37 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   The Draft Decree defines the terms meat, meat products, fish,
other aquatic animals and products thereof, eggs and products thereof.  Types, groups and
subgroups are listed in Annexes.  The requirements for labelling, quality, technologies,
marketing, storage, transport and sale are specified.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To comply the Czech legal system with EC legislation.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 110/1997 Coll., on Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products and on
amendments to some acts, as amended, Commission Regulation (ECC) No 1980/1992,
Council Regulation (EC) No 317/1992, Commission Regulation (ECC) No 2891/1993,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2390/1995, Commission Regulation (ECC)
No 1000/1996, Commission Regulation (ECC) No 1072/2000.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }1 October 2001
10. Final date for comments:   15 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