WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/28
25 January 2002
(02-0388)
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:   Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing
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):   Construction products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Government
Order Laying Down Construction Products for Conformity Assessment (19 pages, in Czech
and English).
6. Description of content:   The Draft Government Order implements Act No 22/1997 Coll. in
the field of construction products. It specifies obligations of producers, importers anddistributors connected with placing of construction products on the market.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To comply the Czech legal system with EC legi slation in the field of construction products.
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 22/1997 Coll., on Technical Requirements for Products and
on Amendments to Some Acts, as last amended, and Council Directive 89/106/EEC.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 March 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  April 2002
10. Final date for comments:   28 February 2002
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