G/TBT/N/CZE/238  
9 July 2019  
(19-4547) 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):  
Butyrometers; 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-C098-19 laying down the metrological and tec hnical 
requirements for legally controlled measuring instruments, including testing methods for 
type approval and verification of the following legally controlled measuring instruments: 
"butyrometers". (16 page(s), in Czech; 16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Butyrometers 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 
measuri ng instruments 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 
special 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 
legislation 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/238  
 
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  The purpose of this notified legislation is to lay down metrological and technical 
requirements  for legally 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 a nd rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In the Czech Republic, butyrometers are legally controlled measuring 
instruments that are subject to mandatory type approval and verification.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Reference(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, 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   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CZE/19_3830_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CZE/19_3830_00_e.pdf