. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SVK/6 
24 June 2004  
 
(04-2727) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SLOVAK REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing 
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):    
Packages made of plastics or combined materi als which come into c ontact with foods and 
drugs;  rubber hoses for welding, inner tubes made of rubber, bicycle tyres;  school satchels 
and school bags;  outdoor dress gloves made of  leather;  returnable and EUR pallets;  
particle board and fibreboard including work surf aces;  yarns;  carpets and other textile floor 
coverings;  textile fire hoses;  knitted or crocheted garments and clothing accessories 
including woven baby nappies;  T-shirts, underw ear and nightshirts;  tracksuits and leisure 
and sport garments for children up to the age of 3 years;  tights, stockings, socks and similar 
articles;  underwear, nightwear, shirts and blou ses made of cloth;  bed linen made of flat 
textiles, blankets for children up to the age of 3 years;  footwear for children with the length 
of the sole up to 165mm;  porcelain which co mes into contact with food or people’s mouth; 
glass bottles for beverages,  jars for food;  glas s inners for vacuum flasks;  powders of metal 
used for overlay welding;  tubes and parts fo r scaffolding;  brazing metal;  solder;  crown 
corks for bottles;  auxiliary materials for welding;  equipment for water treatment;  fire 
extinguishers portable or mobile for the extincti on of class A, B, C, D fires, hydrants;  
power sources and power parts of calculating machines, computers and other machines for automatic data processing;  cells and batteries, lead accumulators, nickel-kadmium and ferro-nickel accumulators and other electrical accumulators;  electric sound or visual signalling apparatus;  electric connectors, so ckets and plugs;  movable leads, extension 
leads;  light sources with integrated ballast;  bicycles;  baby carriages;  lenses, glasses;  
binoculars, monoculars, optical telescopes;  seats with mainly metal frame;  seats with 
mainly wooden frame;  seating for children;   wooden furniture, garden chairs and 
armchairs;  chairs and armchairs made of plastic;  chairs, armchairs, beds made of cane, osier, bamboo, etc.;  wooden furniture for offi ces;  kitchen and bathroom furniture;  wooden 
furniture for bedrooms, dining rooms and livin g rooms, cabinets, shelving and beds, tables 
and household desks in which have been used  chip board or plywood and/or materials 
which release formaldehyde and/or combustion e nhancing upholstery furniture;  atypical 
furniture made according to a contract with  a client and not intended for commercial 
distribution;  equipment for storage faciliti es and shops, shelving;  electric lighting for 
Christmas trees and similar purposes, decorations with electric power supply;  writing G/TBT/N/SVK/6 
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requisites, pens, pencils, writing chalks for u se as school supplies;  products manufactured 
to be played with, or intended to be placed in the mouth of children up to the age of 3 years, 
manufactured or partly manufactured from plasticised PVC with maximum content 0.1 weight percent age DINP, DEHP, DNOP, DIDP, BBP, or DBP;  product and materials protecting against static electricity and mechanical ignition sparks. 
 
Detailed list of covered pr oducts is contained in the Annex to the Measure.
 
 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  
1520, 3917, 3920, 3921, 3923, 4009, 4011, 4013, 4016, 4202, 4203, 4410, 4411, 4412, 
5109, 5207, 5406, 5511, 5701-5705, 5909, 6101-6104, 6107-6116, 6201-6214, 6216, 6217, 
6301, 6302, 6401-6405, 6911, 7010, 7012, 7013, 7106, 7205, 7212, 7223, 7308, 7504, 7604, 7605, 7610, 7803, 8003, 8311, 8421, 8424, 8468, 8473, 8506, 8507, 8531, 8536, 8539, 8544, 8712, 8715, 9001, 9002, 9004, 9005, 9013, 9301 , 9306, 9401, 9403, 9504, 
9506, 9608, 9609, etc.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Measure of the 
Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and T esting concerning inclusion among determined 
products (1 page + 6 pages of  Annex in Slovak language)  
6. Description of content:   The products given in the Annex to the Measure will be liable to 
the conformity assessment procedure.  Requi rements given in the measure will not be 
applied to products manufactured and introduced to the market in acco rdance with the EU 
legislation.  The measure will be a pplied for limited period of 1 year.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The measure contains products and risks wh ich are not regulated by the harmonized EU 
legislation.  However due to their char acteristics human life, health, property or 
environment could be endangered 
8. Relevant documents:   Act No.264 of 7 September 1999 on technical requirements for 
products and on conformity assessment, and on ch ange and amendment of some Acts in 
wording of  the Act 436/2001/Coll. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }11 September or after this date 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after the circulation date 
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: