WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.116
14April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1546)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Slovak Ministry ofHealth
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Wooden furniture,
wooden furniture foroffices, wooden furniture forkitchens, wooden furniture for
bedrooms, andother wooden furniture, mattresses made offoam rubber orexpanded
plastics, mattresses made ofother materials
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: STN 910015:1990
Furniture. Upholstered Furniture. Basic Regulations. Amendment 1.(2pages,
inSlovak)
6. Description ofcontent: TheStandard STN910015:1990 isamended asfollows:
Article 22: Allmaterials used forabove-mentioned products arerequired tobe
hygienically sound. They have tocomply with therequirements related tothe
inflammability ofupholstery.
Thecomposition ofthematerials used forthese products hastomeet following
requirement: theformaldehyde emissions measured bychamber method inaccordance
withtheSlovak Standard STN 490030 must notexceed 0.035 mg.m­3infurniture
destined forbedrooms, childrooms, schools andhospitals, and0.050 mg.m­3in
furniture destined forkitchens, living rooms andoffices.
Upon placing theinflammable source (lighted cigarette) totheupholstery, thefiremust
notbespread, ithastoextinguish spontaneously within 60minutes, orthesmouldered
areamust notbelarger than50cm2.
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):
Article 26:Thefurniture structure hastoenable noiseless use,andtheproduct must
comply withtechnical requirements forsafety given inrelated Slovak standards. Incase
ofair-tight material, theproduct hastobefurnished withthevents.
Article 42:Mechanical andphysical properties aretested inaccordance withtheSlovak
Standards STN 490030, STN 910222, STN 910223, STN 910231, andSTN
ISO8191-1.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection oftheusers'health
8. Relevant documents: Slovak Standards: STN 490030, STN 910222, STN 910223,
STN910231, STNISO8191-1.
Adoption announcement willbepublished inVestník UNMS SR(Official
Journal).
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1September 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 30June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: