. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CZE/70
16 May 2003
(03-2650)
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):   Industrial products, low
voltage electrical equipment, electromagnetic compatibility, machinery, personal protective
equipment, simple pressure vessels, active implantable medical devices, equipment and
protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, appliances
burning gaseous fuels, lifts, hot water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels, pressure
equipment, construction products bearing the CE marking, radio and telecommunicationsterminal equipment, medical devices, portable pressure appliances.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   T h e  D r a f t
Government Order amending some Government Orders for the implementation of
Act No 22/1997 Coll., on Technical Requirements for Products, and on amendments to
some Acts as amended (18 pages, in Czech).
6. Description of content:   This draft amends to those Government Orders that are already
listed and/or will be listed in Annexes to PECA in the near future.  This Draft Government
Order is related to the amendment of Article 8 of the Protocol to the Europe Agreement on
Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Indus trial Products (PECA) that is targeted at
the recognition of the results of conformity assessment regardless of the country origin of
goods.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 22/1997 Coll., on Technical Requirements for Products, and
on amendments to some Acts, as amended by Act No 71/2000 Coll., Act No 102/2001
Coll., Act No. 205/2002 Coll.; Government Order No. 168/1997 Coll., that lays down
technical requirements for low voltage electrical equipment, as amended by Government
Order No. 281/2000 Coll.; Government Order No. 169/1997 Coll., that lays down technical
requirements for products relating to their electromagnetic compatibility, as amended byGovernment Order No. 282/2000 Coll.; Govern ment Order No. 170/1997 Coll., that lays
down technical requirements for machinery, as amended by Government Order No. 15/1999G/TBT/N/CZE/70
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Coll. and Government Order No. 283/2000 Co ll.; Government Order No. 172/1997 Coll.,
that lays down technical requirements for personal protective equipment, as amended by
Government Order No. 284/2000 Coll.; Govern ment Order No. 175/1997 Coll., that lays
down technical requirements for simple pressure vessels, as amended by Government Order
No. 80/1999 Coll. and Government Order N o. 285/2000 Coll.; Government Order No.
191/2001 Coll., that lays down technical requirements for active implantable medical
devices, as amended by Government Order No. 337/2001 Coll.; Government
Order No. 176/1997 Coll., that lays down technical requirements for equipment and
protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, as amended by
Government Order No. 286/2000 Coll. a nd Government Order No 65/2003 Coll.;
Government Order No. 177/1997 Coll., that lays down technical requirements for
appliances burning gaseous fuels, as amended by Government Order No. 287/2000 Coll.;Government Order No. 14/1999 Coll., that la ys down technical requirements for lifts, as
amended by Government Order No. 227/1999 Coll. and Government Order No. 288/2000
Coll.; Government Order No. 180/1999 Coll., that lays down technical requirements for
efficiency requirements of hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels, as amended
by Government Order No. 289 /2000 Coll.; Government Orde r No. 182/1999 Coll., that lays
down technical requirements for pressure equipment, as amended by Government Order No.
290/2000 Coll.; Government Order No. 190 /2002 Coll., that lays down technical
requirements for construction products bearing the CE marking; Government Order  No
426/2000 Coll., as amended by Government Or der No. 483/2002 Coll., that lays down the
technical requirements for radio and telecommunications terminal equipment; GovernmentOrder No. 181/2001 Coll., that lays down technical requirements for medical devices, as
amended by Government Order No. 336/2001 Coll.; Government Order No. 42/2003 Coll.
that lays down the technical requirements for portable pressure appliances.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of declaration of the Agreement Amending the
Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing  an Association between the Czech Republic,
of the one part, and the European Communities and their Member States, of the other part,on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (PECA) in the Collection
of International Agreements.
10. Final date for comments:   10 June 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:
http://www.unmz.cz/ , wto.tbt@unmz.cz