G/TBT/N/CZE/237  
9 July 2019  
(19-4545) 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):  
Tachographs recording the work activities of drivers of motor vehicles compulsorily 
equipped with these tachographs – digital tachographs; 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-C062-19, laying down metrological and technical 
requirements for legally controlled measuring instruments for the purposes of examining 
measuring instruments at the request of  a person who may be affected by incorrect 
measurement: "tachographs recording the work activities of drivers of motor vehicles 
compulsorily equipped with these tachographs – digital tachographs". (4 page(s), in 
Czech; 4 page(s), in English)  
6. Descriptio n of content:  Tachographs in road transport are placed on the market and 
put into service in the Czech Republic in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 
of the European Parliament and of the Council on tachographs in road transport.   
The only purpose  of this notified legislation is to lay down the tests for examining 
instruments at the request of a person who may be affected by incorrect measurement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In the Czech Republic, digital tachographs are legally controlled measuring 
instruments which are subject to examination at the request of a person affected by the 
measurement.  G/TBT/N/CZE/237  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Reference(s) to basic text(s):  
• Act No  505/1990 on me trology, as amended  
• § 171 et seq. of Act No  500/2004, the Code of Administrative Procedure, as 
amended  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 October 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 November 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  26 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) 221 802 440  
E-mail: wto.tbt@unmz.cz   
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