G/TBT/N/CZE/245  
9 July  2019 
(19-4554) 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:  Czech Metrology Institute  
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 Standards, Metro logy, 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  
Telefax: (+420) 221 802 440  
E-mail: wto.tbt@unmz.cz   
3. Notified under Ar ticle 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):  
Venturi  tube gas flow sensors; Metrology and measurement in general (ICS 17.020), 
Measuring instruments (ICS 17.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft General 
Measure number: 0111 -OOP-C091-18 laying down metrological and technical 
requirements for legally c ontrolled measuring instruments, including the testing methods 
for type approval and verification of legally controlled measuring instruments: "Venturi 
tube gas flow sensors" (18 page(s), in Czech; 20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Venturi tube gas flow sensors may be placed on the market and 
put into use in the Czech Republic as legally controlled measuring instruments in 
accordance with Act  No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended. Pursuant to the Act, legally 
controlled measuring ins truments are instruments that are included in the list of the types 
of legally controlled measuring instruments (Implementing Decree No  345/2002) and, at 
the same time, intended (by the manufacturer/importer) for measurements of relevance 
to the protection  of public interests in areas of consumer protection, contractual relations, 
imposition of sanctions, fees, tariffs and taxes, health protection, environmental 
protection, occupational safety, or the protection of other public interests protected by 
specia l legislation. This means that their purpose is similar to that used for defining the 
legally controlled products – measuring instruments and non -automatic weighing 
instruments – under Directives 2014/31/EU and 2014/32/EU. The requirements of this 
legislat ion do not apply to measuring instruments not placed on the market in the Czech 
Republic for the above purposes, defined by Act  No 505/1990 on metrology.  G/TBT/N/CZE/245  
 
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  The purpose of this notified legislation is to lay down metrological and technical 
requirements for le gally controlled measuring instruments of the type specified above. 
This legislation also lays down the tests for the purposes of type approval and verification 
of legally controlled measuring instruments of the type specified above.  
7. Objective and rati onale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In the Czech Republic, Venturi tube gas flow sensors are legally controlled 
measuring instruments that are subject to mandatory type approval and verification.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Refere nce(s) to basic text(s):  
• Act No  505/1990 on metrology, as amended  
• § 171 et seq. of Act No  500/2004, the Code of Administrative Procedure, as 
amended  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  31 October 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 November 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  18 September 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
If there will be a problem with downloading document, you can contact us:  
Czech Office for Standards, 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  
Telefax: (+420) 221 802 440  
E-mail: wto.tbt@unmz.cz    
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