. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/314
26 July 2000
(00-3084)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CZECH REPUBLIC
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of the Environment
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):   Various machines and
apparatus producing noise emissions such as:  construction machines and equipment,
compressors, tower cranes, welding generators, power generators, powered hand-held
concrete breakers and picks, lawn mowers, hydraulic excavators, hand-operated rope
excavators, dozers, loaders and excavator-loaders, household appliances.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Government Order
No.194 of 7 June 2000 to Act No. 22/1997 Coll., which Determines TechnicalRequirements on Products from the View Point of Noise Emissions (195 pages, in Czech)
6. Description of content:   Government Order No.194 of 7 June 2000 to Act No. 22/1997
Coll. deals with requirements on protection against noise and permissible sound levels of
various apparatus, equipment and machines such as household appliances, construction
machines and equipment, compressors, tower cranes, welding generators, power generators,
powered hand-held concrete breakers and picks, lawn mowers, hydraulic excavators,
hand-operated rope excavators, dozers, loaders and excavator-loaders.  Emission limits for
noise of subsonic aircraft and civil subsonic jet aeroplanes are also given.  For all above
described products the maximum permissible noise emission values and permissibleacoustic output level are given in dB (A)/1 pW.  The description of various methods of
noise measurements and measuring instruments are given for most of above products.
Noise of background shall be 10 dB lower than noise of machine.  Standard forms for labels
of individual products are recommended.  Necessary information on requests for checking
(verifying) of sample of determined product is given in Annex 3 to Government order.Requisites for certificate on checking  (verifying) of sample of determined product are given
in Annex 4.  Requisites for the statement on compliance for determined products are given
in Annex 5.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
New Government order No.194 of 7 June 20 00 was proposed with the aim to harmonise
Czech legislation with the EC legislation in the field of noise in context with acceleration of
preparation of the Czech Republic for entry into the European Union.  The preparation ofG/TBT/Notif.00/314
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the Government order was initiated by the direct request of experts from the European
Union during “screening” session at the Minist ry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
in January 1999 to harmonise legislation in the field of noise.
The objective of the Government order is to decrease exposure of the population, especially
operating workers, to noise.  The purpose of the Government order is to give producersguidelines on maximum permissible levels of acoustic output for the above machines,
installations, appliances and apparatuses and at the same time to ensure a high level of
health and environment protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Government order transposes the following 10 EC Directives into
Czech law: 79/113/EEC, 84/532/EEC, 84/533/EEC, 84/534 /EEC, 84/535/EEC,
84/536/EEC, 84/537/EEC , 84/538/EEC, 86/662/ EEC, and 86/594/EEC.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  7 June 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2001
10. Final date for comments:   15 September 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Vrsovicka 65
100 10 Prague 10Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 2 6712 2238 or +420 2 673101 52
Fax: +420 2 673 10 277 or +420 2 673101 52
E-mail:becvar@env.cz