. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/2/Add.58
16 March 2000
(00-1079)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Communication from Estonia
Addendum
The following statement under Article 15, paragraph 2 of the Agreement has been received
from the delegation of Estonia.
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1. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has the general responsibility for the implementation of the
TBT Agreement.  The contact address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows:
Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
Harju 11
15072 Tallinn
ESTONIA
Tel: +372 6 256 371
Fax: +372 6 256 404
Email: tbt.na@mineco.ee (TBT Notifying Authority)
2. The process of implementation and administration of the TBT Agreement is supported by the
following legislative acts:
• Product Safety Act , entered into force on 1 September 1998 (published in the State
Gazette "Riigi Teataja" RTI 1998, 40, 613);
• Technical Regulations and Standards Act , entered into force on 1 April 1999
(published in the State Gazette "Riigi Teataja" RTI 1999, 29, 398)
• Metrology Act , entered into force on 23 January 1999 (published in the State Gazette
"Riigi Teataja" RTI, 1999, 14, 212);
• Product Conformity Attestation Act , entered into force on 1 March 1999 (published
in the State Gazette "Riigi Teataja" RTI 1997, 81, 1362);
• Government of the Republic Regulation No. 118 of 2 June 1998 Approval of the
Conditions and Procedure for Issue of Declarations of Conformity and Certificates
of Conformity to Products (published in the State Gazette "Riigi Teataja" RTI 1998,
50, 754);G/TBT/2/Add.58
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• Government of the Republic Regulation No. 201 of 25 June 1999 Procedure for
Notification of Draft Legislation and International Agreements Containing
Technical Regulations) (published in the State Gazette "Riigi Teataja" RTI 1999, 57,
600);
3. A period of 60 days is normally allowed for making comments on the adoption of technical
regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures.
4. The Enquiry Point foreseen in Articles 10.1 and 10.3 of the TBT Agreement has been
established at the Estonian Standards Board and is fully operational.  The contact address, telephone
and fax numbers are as follows:
Estonian Standards Board (EVS)
Aru 1010317 Tallinn
ESTONIA
Tel: +372 6 541 772
Fax: +372 6 541 768Email: enquiry@evs.ee
5. National authorities preparing new technical regulations or substantial amendments to the
existing ones are obliged to provide early information on their proposals on the basis of the
Government of the Republic Regulation No. 201 of 25 June 1999.  Draft regulations are published inEVS Teataja (Official Journal of Estonian Standards Board).
6. Activities related to national standardization are performed by the National Standards Board
of Estonia (EVS), which is the main body for standardization matters in Estonia.  EVS is an affiliated
member of the European Standardization Comm ittee (CEN) and corresponding member of the
European Standardization Organization (ISO).  EVS has accepted the Code of Good Practice for
Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards in Annex 3 of the TBT Agreement.  The contact
address is:
National Standards Board of Estonia
Aru 10
10317 TallinESTONIA
Tel: +372 493 572
Fax: +372 6 541 330
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