WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.186
6May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1966)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CZECH REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Czech Office forStandards, Metrology andTesting (COSMT)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Various products from
thewhole range ofHSChapters
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Governmental
Order Laying Down theTechnical Requirements fortheSpecified Products (10pages, in
Czech)
6. Description ofcontent: This Order isdrafted inaccordance with Article 22of
Act22/1997 Coll. ontechnical requirements forproducts (which wasnotified tothe
WTO/TBT Member States inNotification G/TBT/Notif.96.24).
Thesetupobligations concern requirements formanufacturer 'sdeclaration of
conformity (§§1and2),typeexamination (§4),andconformity assessment (§§5
and6).
Annex Ilists69groups ofproducts about which themanufacturer/importers
submit theconformity declaration based ontheirownconformity assessment.
Annex IIlists28groups ofproducts about which themanufacturers/importers
submit theconformity declaration based onthecertificate issued bytheauthorized entity.
These 97groups ofproducts fallwithin thecategory ofproducts which:
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):
- maypotentially represent higher riskofbeing harmful when used orapplied
(such products aredesignated as"thespecified products" according toArticle 12
ofAct22/1997 Coll.); and
- arenotcovered byanyofnine other prepared Governmental Orders
implementing EEC New Approach Directives, namely those on(1)machinery
safety, (2)toyssafety, (3)EMC, (4)personal protective equipment, (5)simple
pressure vessels, (6)lowvoltage equipment, (7)gasappliances, (8)equipment
andprotective systems inthepotentially explosive atmospheres, and (9)
construction products.
Asthisdraft Order isinthestage ofcomments from relevant authorities and
interested Czech parties, thelistisbeing everchanged, andwillbechanged (shortened)
infuture whenever anewGovernmental Order isadopted which willimplement any
other NewApproach EEC product Directive.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Act22/1997 Coll., Official Journal oftheCOSMT
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1September 1997 (together withAct22/1997 Coll.,
onTechnical Requirements forProducts)
10. Final dateforcomments: 2June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: