. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/10.7/N/35
24 October 2001
(01-5219)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
AGREEMENT REACHED BY A MEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY OR
COUNTRIES ON ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS,
STANDARDS OR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT  PROCEDURES
Notification
Under Article 10.7 of the Agreement "Whenever a Member has reached an agreement with
any other country or countries on issues related to technical regulations, standards or conformityassessment procedures which may have a significant effect on trade, at least one Member party to the
agreement shall notify other Members through the Secretariat of the products to be covered by the
agreement and include a brief description of the agreement".  The following notification under
Article 10.7 has been received.
1. Member notifying :  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
2. Title of the bilateral or plurilateral Agreement :  Protocol to the Europe Agreement
establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, ofthe one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, on Conformity assessment and
acceptance of industrial products.
3. Parties to the Agreement :  European Community and the Czech Republic
4. Date of entry into force of the Agreement :  1 July 2001
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading):
This Protocol to the Europe Agreement applies to products traded between the European
Community and the Czech Republic as well as to procedures which are subject to specified
legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions pertaining to conformity assessment andtechnical regulations, as detailed in the 10 sectoral annexes to the Protocol, in the areas of:
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electrical safety, equipment and protective systems
intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ch. 85, except 85.17), machinery (ch 84,
except 84.02 to 84.06, 84.10 to 84.14, 84.16.10, 84.16.20, 84.19.11 and 84.19.19), lifts (ch
84.28.10), personal protective equipment, hot water boilers (ch 84.02 to 84.06.), gas appliances(ch 84.16.10, 84.16.20, 84.19.11 and 84.19.19), pressure equipment (ch 73.11, 76.13, 84.10 to
84.14) and good manufacturing practices for medicinal products (ch. 30).
6. Subject matter covered by the Agreement (technical regulations, standards or
conformity assessment):  Alignment of technical regulations; harmonization of standards;
conformity assessment procedures.
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   Protocols to the European Agreements on Conformity
Assessment (PECAs) provide for the recognition of conformity assessment of industrial
products when the legislation of the applicant country is harmonized with that of the EC.  They
also provide for mutual acceptance of industrial products that are legally placed on their
markets, along the lines of the free movement  of goods within the EC.  The well-known “CE”
mark will attest compliance in the Czech Republic  in the same way as in the EC, and on the
basis of the same rules.  Products covered by PECAS to which no third-party certification
requirements apply have direct access to both markets.G/TBT/10.7/N/35
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Its duration is limited to the period preceding the accession of the Czech Republic to the EC.
8. Further information available from:
European Commission
Sabine Lecrenier
EC WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
DG ENTERPRISE, UNIT F/1 – SC 15 1/50
Rue de la Loi 200B-1049 Brussels
/g40 +32 2 2996363
Fax: +32 2 2960851 or 95725
e-mail: ec-tbt@cec.eu.int