WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/86
10 December 2003
(03-6530)
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 Industry and Trade
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):   Lifts
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   A Draft Government
Order Amending Government  Order No 27/2003 Coll. that lays down the Technical
Requirements for Lifts (1 page, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   Basic technical requirements for lifts.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Achievement of full compatibility with the relevant EC law.
8. Relevant documents:   Government Order No 27/2003 Coll. that lays down the Technical
Requirements for Lifts;  Act No 22/1997 Coll. on Technical Requirements for Products and
on Amendments to Some Acts;  European Parliament and Council Directive 95/16/EC on
the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States Relating to Lifts.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2004
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the day of entry into force of the agreement on
accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union (1 May 2004).
10. Final date for comments:   10 February 2004
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