G/TBT/N/CZE/243  
9 July 2019  
(19-4552) 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 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):  Venturi 
tube sensors for transmission medium flow; 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-C093-18 laying down metrological and technical 
requirements for legally controlled measuring instruments, including the testing methods 
for type approval and verification of legally controlled measuring instruments: "Venturi 
tube sensors for transmission medium f low" (18 page(s), in Czech; 19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Venturi tube sensors for transmission medium flow 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 cont rolled measuring 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 relevan ce 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 
requireme nts of this legislation do not apply to measuring instruments placed on the 
market in the Czech Republic for other than the above purposes defined by Act 
No 505/1990 on metrology.  G/TBT/N/CZE/243  
 
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  The purpose of this notified legislation is to lay down metrological and tec hnical 
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 abo ve. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In the Czech Republic, Venturi tube sensors for transmission medium flow 
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:  20 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 is any  issue 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 4 40  
E-mail: wto.tbt@unmz.cz    
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