G/TBT/N/CZE/186  
 
9 November 2015  
(15-5888)  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): Optical radiometers. 
Measuring instrument s (ICS: 17.040.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft general 
measure establishing metrological and technical requirements for specified measurement instruments, including testing methods for the type approval and verification of legal 
measuring instruments: "optical radiometers for the spectral range of 400 nm to 2 800 nm 
and measurement of emitted radiation in the range 10³ W • m² to 10² W • m²" (15 pages, in English; 15 pages, in Czech) 
6. Description of content: This general measure establishes metrological and technical 
requirements for legal measuring instruments, including testing methods for the type 
approval and verification of the legal measuring instruments, which in this case are "optical 
radiometers for the spectral range of 400 nm to 2 800 nm and measurement of emitted radiation in the range 10³ W • m² to 10² W • m²".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Optical radiometers for the spectral range of 400 nm to 2 800 nm and 
measurement of emitted radiation in the range 10³ W • m² to 10² W • m² are legal 
measuring instruments pursuant to § 3(3) of Act No 505/1990, on metrology, as amended, 
and are therefore subject to state metrological control, i.e. type approval and verification 
of legal measuring instruments. Currently, no regulations contain specific metrological and 
technical requirements. This state of affairs needs to be addressed by incorporating the 
requirements into a binding general meas ure within the meaning of § 24c of Act 
No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended, in order to prevent problems with their 
enforceability during type approval and subsequent verification.  G/TBT/N/CZE/186 
 
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  8. Relevant documents: Reference(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: 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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