WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99/671
23 December 1999
(99-5566)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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
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):   Foodstuffs and tobacco
products  (HS Chapters 16-24)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decree of the
Ministry of Agriculture amending the Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture No. 220/1998
Coll. on Method And Scope of the Confor mity Assessment of Foodstuffs And Tobacco
Products, And on Methods of Sampling And Preparation of Inspection Samples of
Foodstuffs (9 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   The Decree is drafted according to Art. 18, items b) and c) of the
Act No. 110/1997 Coll., on Foodstuffs And Tobacco Products And Amendments to Some
Related Acts. This Decree lays down the methods and scope of conformity assessment offoodstuffs and tobacco products, the scope and content of the written declaration of
conformity, types of foodstuffs on which the manufacturer or importer shall issue the
declaration of conformity in writing, the method of sampling and preparation of inspection
samples of foodstuffs for the conformity assessment, unless the selection and number of
samples for the assessment of microbiological requirements according to Art. 18, letter b) of
Act is the case.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To approximate Czech legal system to the EC regulations
8. Relevant documents: Act 110/1997 Coll.
Decree 220/1998 Coll.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  First quarter of 2000
10. Final date for comments:   20 January 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           