WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.32
23May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2156)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Addendum
Thefollowing Statement under Article 15,paragraph 2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived
from thedelegation ofBulgaria.
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1. TheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization anditsintegral part,theAgreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade, afterhaving beenratified bylaw,accepted bytheNational Assembly
on24October 1996, published byPresident 'sDecree No.380/29.10.1996 inState Gazette
No.93/01.11.1996, havecome intoforce fortheRepublic ofBulgaria on1December 1996.
2. Theimplementation andadministration oftheTBTAgreement isbased onexisting legislative
acts:
- LawonStandardization of19June1964, aslastamended in1996;
- Regulation forimplementation oftheLawonStandardization of15June1973, aslast
amended in1993;
- Regulation No.121oftheCouncil ofMinisters oftheRepublic ofBulgaria of
3July1992 fordetermination ofbasic functions andtasks oftheCommittee for
Standardization andMetrology, asamended byRegulation No.183/25.09.1995,
assigning theCommittee forStandardization andMetrology with functions for
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point;
- OrdinanceNo.1oftheCommitteeforStandardizationandMetrologyof6January1997
onapplication ofEuropean andInternational Standards intheRepublic ofBulgaria;
- Ordinance No.2oftheCommittee forStandardization andMetrology of6August 1991
onTechnical Committees forStandardization.
3. Theobligationofrelevantnationalauthoritiestomeettherequirementsonnotificationprocedures
given bytheTBTAgreement isincorporated intothedraftLawonstandardization andconformity
assessment anddraftRegulation forconformity assessment ofproducts withthesafety requirements
which arenowbeing prepared.
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4. WithRegulationNo.307of27December1996oncoordinationandimplementationofobligations
oftheRepublic ofBulgaria asaMember oftheWTO, theGovernment oftheRepublic ofBulgaria
hascharged theCommittee forStandardization andMetrology withimplementing andadministration
oftheTBTAgreement andtheMinistry ofTrade andForeign Economic Cooperation withcoordination.
5. With Regulation No.183oftheCouncil ofMinisters of25September 1995, theCommittee
forStandardization andMetrology wasappointed asNational Information Center. Theenquiry point
isresponsible forinformation obligation asstated inArticle 10oftheTBTAgreement. Theaddress,
telephone andfaxnumbers oftheenquiry point areasfollows:
Committee forStandardization andMetrology
21,6thSeptember Street
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: (+359 2)8591(+359 2)803513
Fax: (+359 2)801402
Telex: 22570dksbg
Contact person: Violetta Veleva
6. Workproceedingondrafttechnicalregulations,standardsandconformityassessmentprocedures
isannounced inthebulletin oftheCommittee forStandardization andMetrology. Thetextsofthe
adopted newtechnical regulations arepublished intheState Gazette.
7. Standards approved bytheCommittee forStandardization andMetrology areannounced in
bulletin "Standardization" oftheCommittee. Fulltextsofadopted standards arepublished bythe
Committee forStandardization andMetrology.
8. Theexpected length oftimeforpresentation ofcomments inwriting ondraft technical
regulations, standards orconformity assessment procedures byother WTO Members is60days, with
exception forcertain cases (depending onurgency consideration) where thisperiod could beextended
orreduced.