G/TBT/N/CZE/188  
 
9 November 2015  
(15-5890)  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 
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point 
P.O. Box 49 Biskupsky dvur 1148/05 110 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Automatic weighing 
instruments – instruments for weighing railway vehicles in motion. Measuring instruments 
(ICS: 17.040.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft – General 
measure laying down metrological and technical requirements for legal measuring 
instruments, including tests for the verification of legal measuring instruments: "automatic 
weighing instruments – instruments for weighing railway vehicles in motion" (10 pages, in English; 10 pages, in Czech)  
6. Description of content: This general measure will lay down the metrological and technical 
requirements for legal measuring instruments, including the tests for the verification 
thereof, which in this case are automatic weighing instruments – instruments for weighing 
railway vehicles in motion.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Within the meaning of § 3(3) of Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended, 
automatic weighing instruments – instruments for weighing railway vehicles in motion are legal measuring instruments and are, therefore, subject to state metrological control, i.e. 
the verification of legal measuring instruments. The specific metrological and technical 
requirements are currently contained in Dire ctive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on measuring instruments, as well as in harmonised 
standards and national technical standards. This  state of affairs needs to be addressed by 
incorporating the requirements into a binding general measure within the meaning of § 24c of Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended, in order to prevent problems with 
their enforceability in subsequent verification.  G/TBT/N/CZE/188 
 
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  8. Relevant documents: The draft general measure contains references to: 
 Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Pa rliament and of the Council (MID) 
 ISO/IEC GUIDE 99 – International Vocabulary of Metrology – Basic and general 
concepts and associated terms (VIM) 
 OIML – International Vocabulary of Terms in Legal Metrology (VIML) 
 OIML R 106-1 Automatic rail-weighbridges – Part 1: Metrological and technical 
requirements – Tests 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 31 January 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 31 January 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 3 January 2016 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal 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 Standard s Metrology and Testing 
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point P.O. Box 49 
Biskupsky dvur 1148/05 
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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