G/TBT/N/CZE/206  
 
1 August 2018  
(18-4863) 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): 
Instruments and systems measuring the flow volume of liquids other than water and of 
liquefied gas - dispensers fo r windscreen washer fluid; Measurement of fluid flow 
(ICS 17.120).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft General 
Measure No 0111 -OOP-C084-17 laying down the metrological and technical requirements 
for legally controlled  measuring instruments, including testing methods for type approval 
and verification of the following legally controlled measuring instruments: instruments and 
systems for measuring the flow of liquids other than water or liquefied gases - dispensers 
for windscreen washer fluid (11 page(s), in Czech; 12 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: Instruments and systems measuring the flow volume of liquids 
other than water and of liquefied gas - dispensers for windscreen washer fluid, are placed 
on t he market and put into use in the Czech Republic in accordance with 
Directive  2014/32/EU (the Measuring Instruments Directive - MID). Once they have been 
put into use, they become subject to national metrological regulation - verification at 
specified inte rvals. This notified legislation only applies to the verification of measuring 
instruments that have already been put into use. It does not concern placing them on the 
market or putting them into use. The   requirements imposed on these measuring 
instrument s when in use are fully compatible with the MID and are also based on OIML 
Recommendation 117. Some parameters listed in this document are properties of the 
measuring instruments when they are new; They are listed herein only because the 
preservation of th ese properties when the instruments are in use is subject to visual or 
other checks during verification.  G/TBT/N/CZE/206  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Instruments and systems measuring the flow volume of liquids oth er than 
water and of liquefied gas - dispensers for windscreen washer fluid, are legally controlled 
measuring instruments in the Czech Republic that are subject to mandatory type approval 
and verification.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Reference(s) to basic text(s): - Act No 505/1990 on metrology  
- § 171 et seq. of Act No 500/2004, the Administrative Procedure Code, as amended   
9. Proposed date of adoption: October 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: October 2018  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days fro m notification  
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 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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