WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/69
11 April 2003
(03-2019)
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 Culture
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):   Cultural objects
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The draft Amendment
of Act No 101/2001 Coll., on the Return of Unlawfully Exported Cultural Objects
(2 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This Draft amendment of the Act implements Directives 93/7/EC
on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State as
amended of Directive 2001/38/EC
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Partial modifications of the Act create conditions necessary for the Czech legal system to be
fully compatible with EC legislation in the field of prevention and return of cultural objectsunlawfully removed from the territory of the Czech Republic.
8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive 93/7/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the return of
cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State;  Directive
2001/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001 amending
Council Directive 93/7/EEC on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the
territory of a  Member State.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of accession of the Czech Republic to the EU
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of accession of the Czech Republic to the EU
10. Final date for comments:   30 September 2003
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:
htt://www.unmz.cz/, wto.tbt@unmz.cz