G/TBT/N/CZE/195  
 
4 July 2016  
(16-3575)  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 [ ], 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): Nuclear 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 the accountancy and control of nuclear materials and reporting of information on them (21 pages, in Englis h; 19 pages, in Czech) 
6. Description of content: Based on authorising provisions in the new Atomic Act, the draft 
implementing decree governs:  
a) the isotope concentration of an element in a material making it a source material 
b) the radionuclide concentration in a material making it a special fissile material 
c) the list of other fissile materials that are relevant to ensuring the non-proliferation of 
nuclear weapons 
d) the scope, method, and deadlines for reporting data on the production of packaging 
for irradiated nuclear fuel, building of hot cells, research and development activities 
relating to the nuclear fuel cycle, or other activities set out in directly applicable 
Euratom legislation) 
e) the scope and retention method and period for information about uranium or 
thorium ore mining or processing in the Czech Republic and its transmission to the 
State Office for Nuclear Safety (hereinafter the "Office") 
f) content requirements for documentation for licensed activities in the area of non-
proliferation of nuclear weapons 
g) the scope and retention method and period for registered documents on nuclear 
materials and deadlines for providing them to the Office 
h) the scope of and method for nuclear material inspection by a licence holder in the 
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  i) the scope of and method for keeping a nuclear material accounting system 
j) information about the content of documents and scope of data required under 
Euratom legislation and how they are to be provided to the Office 
k) specimens of forms for reporting data from the nuclear material accounting system 
to the Office and the European Commission 
l) a specimen of the end-user statement for nuclear materials in the Czech Republic 
provided upon import 
The mutual recognition clause is provided in the draft new Atomic Act. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: In connection with the adoption of the new Atomic Act and in accordance with 
the authorising provisions in this Act, it is necessary to establish, among other things, a system for accounting for and controlling nuclear  materials and for reporting data on these 
materials in relation to the obligations set out in the Atomic Act, and taking into account 
the existing system that has been proven in practice. In addition to the relevant provisions 
of the Atomic Act, this draft implementing decree is also based on earlier legislation, i.e. Act No. 18/1997, on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and ionising radiation (the Atomic 
Act) and on amendments to certain laws, as amended, as well as Commission Regulation 
(Euratom) No. 302/2005 on the application of Eu ratom safeguards, the Additional Protocol 
to the Trilateral Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/193) and Implementing Decree 
No. 213/2010 concerning the accountancy and control of nuclear materials and reporting 
of information required under European Communities legislation.  
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 th e Decree in question), estimated date: from 4 
to 5 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: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
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