. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SVK/3
26 September 2002
(02-5161)
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:   SLOVAK REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:
Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic
Presidium of the Fire and Rescue Corps
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):   Fire detecting systems
and fire alarm systems, fire call and registration systems, elements of the fire detecting and
fire alarm systems (smoke detectors, flame and heat detectors, control and indication
devices, devices for transmission of fire alarm signal, protection against short circuit, alarmdevices, power mains, input and output devices, manual fire calls), self-contained smoke
detectors/alarm devices.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   D e c r e e  o f  t h e
Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Re public No. ..../2002 Coll., stipulating requirements
laid on fire alarm systems, conditions of their using and securing of their regular checking.
(12 pages, available in Slovak language)
6. Description of content:   Decree of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic
stipulating requirements laid on fire alarm systems, conditions of their using and securing of
their regular checking belongs into a collection of General binding legal provision withtechnical content.
This Decree stipulates requirements regarding function and reliability of listed fire technical
devices, conditions of their using and checking.  The Decree contains terminology of fire
alarm system, its purpose and general requirements laid on individual elements of fire alarm
system.  It defines the fire alarm system control and indicating equipment and determinesmanufacturing conditions.  The malfunctions, deactivation, testing mode, parameters of
devices of fire alarm system (visibility, sound level, time period of switching on and of
switching off) and parameters of signal panel are defined as well. Finally the Decree defines
the detectors and their classification, together with the user’s duties, checking conditions,
content of attached documentation.G/TBT/N/SVK/3
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This Decree is elaborated in accordance wi th building requirements resulting from Council
Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products and from its Interpretative Document 94/C
62/01 ”Basic requirement No.2 - Fire safety”.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Decree of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic stipulating requirements laid
on fire alarm systems, conditions of their using and securing of their regular checking
belongs into a collection of General binding legal provision with technical content.
This Decree stipulates requirements regarding function and reliability of listed fire technical
devices, conditions of their using and checking. The Decree contains terminology of fire
alarm system, its purpose and general requirements laid on individual elements of fire alarm
system. It defines the fire alarm system control and indicating equipment and determines
manufacturing conditions. The malfunctions, deactivation, testing mode, parameters of
devices of fire alarm system (visibility, sound level, time period of switching on and of
switching off) and parameters of signal panel are defined as well. Finally the Decree definesthe detectors and their classification, together with the user’s duties, checking conditions,
content of attached documentation.
This Decree is elaborated in accordance wi th building requirements resulting from Council
Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products and from its Interpretative Document 94/C
62/01 ”Basic requirement No.2 - Fire safety”.
8. Relevant documents:   The proposed General binding legal provision adjusts requirements
laid on fire alarm system devices mainly with connection to these regulations:
• Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 264/1999 Coll. on  technical
requirements laid on products and on conformity assessment and on amendment and
complement of certain acts;
• Decree of the Work Safety Office of th e Slovak Republic No. 74/1996 Coll. on secure
work safety and health protection, safety of pressure, lifting, electrical and gas
equipment and on vocational expert qualification;
• Decree of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic No. 288/2000 Coll.
stipulating technical requirements laid on fire safety during erection and use ofstructures.
 Into this Decree certain appropriate provisions especially of those Slovak technical
standards in force were included
 
• STN EN 54-1 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Part 1: Introduction
• STN EN 54-2 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Part 2: Control and indicating
equipment
• STN EN 54-4 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Part 4: Power supply equipment
This Decree will be published in the Collection of Acts of the Slovak Republic.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
10. Final date for comments:   60 day from date of notification
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:           