G/TBT/N/CZE/248  
4 November 2019  
(19-7366) 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, 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   
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):  Multi-orifice 
diaphragm gas flow sensors; Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the 
flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flowmeters, level 
gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and appa ratus of heading 
90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32 (HS 9026); Metrology and measurement. Physical 
phenomena (Vocabularies) (ICS 01.040.17), Measuring instruments (ICS 17.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft General 
Measure number:0111 -OOP-C094-18, laying down metrological and technical requirements 
for specified measuring instruments, including testing methods for type approval and 
verification of specified measuring instruments: 'multi -orifice diaphragm gas flow sen sors' 
(13 page(s), in Czech; 14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Multi-orifice diaphragm gas flow sensors may be placed on the 
market and put into use in the Czech Republic as specified measuring instruments 
pursuant to Act  No 505/1990 on m etrology, as amended. Pursuant to this Act, specified 
measuring instruments are instruments that are included in the list of the types of 
specified 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 th e protection of other public interests protected by 
separate 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 2 014/31/EU and 2014/32/EU. The requirements of this G/TBT/N/CZE/248  
 
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  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.  
 
The purpose of this notified legislation is to lay down metrological and technical 
requirements for these specified measuring instruments.This legislation also stipulates 
tests for type approval and verification of specified measuring instruments of this type.  
7. Objective and ration ale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In the Czech Republic, gas flow sensor with a nozzles are specified measuring 
instruments that are subject to mandatory type approval and verification or safety . 
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:  February 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  February 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  8 January 2020  
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, 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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