G/TBT/N/CZE/193  
 
25 May 2016  
(16-2843)  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: State Office of Nuclear Safety 
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 1148/5  
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Radioactive, waste, 
repository, ionising, nuclear fuel. Fissile materials and nuclear fuel technology 
(ICS 27.120.30), Other standards related to nuclear energy (ICS 27.120.99) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft implementing 
decree on the requirements for the safe management of radioactive waste and on the decommissioning of nuclear installations or category III or IV workplaces. (15 pages, in Czech; 15 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content: This implementing decree follows from the relevant regulation of 
the European Atomic Energy Community and, based on the authorising provisions in the 
new Atomic Act, governs: 
a. the technical requirements for equipment for workplaces managing radioactive 
waste, 
b. the procedure for the collection, sorting, processing, treatment, storage and disposal 
of radioactive waste, 
c. the method of carrying out the closure of a radioactive waste repository, 
d. requirements regarding the contents of authorisation for the management of 
radioactive waste and the individual stages of decommissioning of nuclear installations or category III or category IV workplaces, 
e. the scope and method of maintaining records of radioactive waste and the 
radioactive waste accompanying document, 
f. the scope and method of decommissioning and completion of decommissioning of a 
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  g. the scope and method of decommissioning category III or category IV workplaces, 
h. the scope and method of completion of the decommissioning of category III or 
category IV workplaces. 
The draft of the new Atomic Act includes the mutual recognition clause. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
In connection with the adoption of the new Atomic Act, it is necessary to lay down, among 
other things, the technical requirements for equipment for workplaces managing radioactive waste, in accordance with the authorising provisions in the Act. The area in 
question is currently governed by a part of Implementing Decree No 307/2002 on radiation 
protection and Implementing Decree No 185/2003 on the decommissioning of nuclear installations or category III or category IV  workplaces. Both implementing decrees are 
proposed to be repealed effective from the date of entry into force of the new Atomic Act, 
i.e. from 1 January 2017. 
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Derived from the date of adoption of the new Atomic Act 
(which is the law authorizing the adoption of the Decree in question), estimated date: from 3 
to 4 months following the notification 
Proposed date of entry into force: Derived from the date of entry into force of the new 
Atomic Act; estimated date: 1. January 2017   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from 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 1148/05  
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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