G/TBT/N/CZE/250  
19 May 2020  
(20-3665) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CZECH REPUBLIC   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Finance  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Czech Office for Standard s, Metrology, and Testing  
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
P. O. Box 49  
Biskupsky dvur 1148/5  
110 00 Prague 1 -Czech Republic  
Telephone: (+420) 221 802 212  
E-mail: wto.tbt@unmz.cz   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 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):  FFP3 class 
respirators; Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary 
sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus , other electro -medical apparatus and sight -
testing instruments (HS 9018); Medical sciences and health care facilities in general 
(ICS 11.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministry of 
Finance Ruling No 04/2020 amendi ng the list of goods with regulated prices issued through 
Ministry of Finance Ruling No 01/2020 (2 page(s), in Czech; 2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Ministry of Finance Ruling No  01/2020 is being updated in 
connection with the current s ituation caused by the risk of infection with the novel 
coronavirus SARS -CoV-2/COVID -19. The objective of the measure is to ensure a sufficient 
quantity of protective equipment, in particular for healthcare providers, but also for 
citizens, in order to pre vent the spread of the infection and the disease caused by this 
coronavirus.  
Ministry of Finance Ruling No  04/2020 is related to the state of emergency declared by the 
Government of the Czech Republic and sets the maximum prices for : 
• protective equipment pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council, class FFP3 manufactured in the EU and placed on 
the market in accordance with technical standard EN  149:2001+A1:2009, at 
CZK 175, excluding VAT, per un it, regardless of the number of units in the package 
or the type of packaging  
• protective equipment pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council, class FFP3 manufactured outside the EU and placed G/TBT/N/CZE/250  
 
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  on the market in accor dance with technical standard EN  149:2001+A1:2009, at 
CZK 350, excluding VAT, per unit, regardless of the number of units in the package 
or the type of packaging.  
"Temporary regulatory measures of the Ministry of Finance in cooperation with the Ministry 
of Health in order to ensure price stability and availability of FFP3 class safety devices on 
the market during the pandemic of COVID -19." 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The ruling was adopted in connec tion with the extreme rise in prices and a 
shortage of FFP3 class respirators in connection with the outbreak of the epidemic. In an 
effort to prevent sales at unacceptable prices and to ensure that protective equipment is 
affordable, the prices have been capped by Ministry of Finance; Prevention of deceptive 
practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Reference(s) to basic text(s): Act No  526/1990, on prices, as amended (this act is 
being amended at present, so we uploaded into Tris v2 version in effect until 
31 December  2021, together with the version in effect from 1  January  2022)  
2. Ministry of Finance  Ruling No  01/2020 of 17  December  2019 issuing the list of goods 
with regulated prices  
3. Contains reference to a European standard: EN 149:2001+A1:2009, catalogue 
number 84599, correction - catalogue number 505593, which were entered in the 
Tris v2 database as Other text.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 April 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  22 April 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
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WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
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Bisku psky dvur 1148/5  
110 00 Prague 1 -Czech Republic  
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