G/TBT/N/CZE/173  
 
6 February 2014  
(14-0717)  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:  Ministry of Industry and Trade 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 
National Enquiry Point 
P.O. Box:  49 128 01 Prague 2-Czech Republic  Telephone:  (+420) 224 907 219  
Telefax:  (+420) 224 907 122   
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):  Breath-
alcohol analysers (HS CODE 903180). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  General 
measure laying down metrological and technical requirements for specified measuring instruments, including the testing methods for type approval and verification of the following specified instruments: "breath-alcohol analysers" (20 pages, in Czech).     
6. Description of content:  This general measure will lay down the metrological and 
technical requirements for specified measuring instruments, including the testing 
methods for type approval and verification thereof, which in this case are breath-alcohol 
analysers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Breath alcohol analysers are specified measuring instruments within the 
meaning of § 3(3) of Act No 505/1990 on me trology, as amended, and are therefore 
subject to state metrological control, i.e. type approval and verification of specified 
measuring instruments. The specific metrological and technical requirements are currently contained in harmonised standards and national technical standards. This situation needs to be rectified by incorporating the requirements into a binding general 
measure within the meaning of § 24(c) of Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended, 
in order to prevent problems with their enforceability.  
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended;  
- § 171 et seq. of Act No 500/2004, the Code of Administrative Procedure, as amended; 
The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification: 2013/0523/CZ   G/TBT/N/CZE/173 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 May 2014 30 May 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Czech Office for Standard s Metrology and Testing 
National Enquiry Point 
P. O. Box 49 
128 01 Prague 2-Czech Republic Telephone: (+420) 224 907 219  Telefax:  (+420) 224 907 122   
E-mail:  wto.tbt@unmz.cz  
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