G/TBT/N/CZE/199  
 
28 July 2016  
(16-4014)  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 for 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 [X], 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): Selected equipment (in 
the area of peaceful use of nuclear energy). – Packaging for carriage, storage, or disposal of 
radioactive or fissile materials. Other standards related to nuclear energy (ICS: 27.120.99) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft implementing 
decree on requirements for assurance of quality and technical safety and assessment and 
verification of conformity of selected equipment (65 pages, in English; 61 pages, in Czech)  
6. Description of content: Based on the authorising provisions in the new Atomic Act, the 
draft implementing decree governs:  
a) the content of the list of selected equipment; 
b) the quality assurance scope and method for the design, manufacturing, assembly, 
procurement, commissioning, and operation of selected equipment; 
c) the types of quality assurance records for selected equipment, and how they are 
kept; 
d) technical requirements for selected equipment and parts of selected equipment; 
e) requirements for ensuring compliance of se lected equipment and parts of selected 
equipment with technical requirements; 
f) requirements for documentation on ensuring compliance of selected equipment and 
parts of selected equipment with technical requirements; 
g) the scope of and procedures for assessing conformity of selected equipment with 
technical requirements; 
h) requirements for documenting the assessmen t of conformity of selected equipment G/TBT/N/CZE/199 
 
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  with technical requirements; 
i) specific procedures that may be applied to assess the conformity of selected 
equipment with technical requirements; 
j) the scope of and method for verifying confor mity of selected equipment in use with 
technical requirements; 
k) the method for documenting verification of conformity of selected equipment in use 
with technical requirements and the content of this documentation. 
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, detailed requiremen ts for assurance of quality and technical 
safety and assessment and verification of confor mity of selected equipment, in accordance 
with the authorising provisions in this Act. The quality of selected equipment and 
compliance with the technical requirements plac ed on them in the interest of preventing 
their failure and the resulting threats to health, life, or property are necessary prerequisites for ensuring nuclear safety. In addition to the relevant provisions of the 
Atomic Act, the draft implementing decree is also based on earlier legislation, i.e. Act 
No 18/1997, on the peaceful use of nuclear ener gy and ionising radiation (the Atomic Act) 
and on amendments to certain laws, as amended, and Implementing Decree No 309/2005, 
on assurance of technical safety of selected equipment.  
When describing the specific conformity assessment procedures in this legislation, more 
general formulations of these procedures were used as set out in European Community legislation – Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
9 July 2008 on a common framework for the marketing of products, and repealing Council 
Decision 93/465/EEC of 22 July 1993. 
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: 
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: 50 days from notification 
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 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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