G/TBT/N/CZE/168  
 
6 February 2014  
(14-0707)  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 
National Enquiry Point 
P. O. Box 49 128 01 Prague 2-Czech Republic Telephone: (+420) 224 907 219  
Telefax:  (+420) 224 907 122   
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Measuring 
equipment for measuring the length of wound goods (HS CODE 901780). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  General 
measure establishing metrological and technical requirements for specified measuring instruments, including testing methods for validating the specified measurement devices: "measuring equipment for measuring the length of wound goods" (14 pages, in Czech).     
6. Description of content:  General measure establishing metrological and technical 
requirements for specified measuring instruments, including testing methods for 
validating the specified measuring instruments, which in this case are length gauges for 
wound goods.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Measuring equipment for measuring the length of wound goods are 
specified measuring instruments as defined by § 3 paragraph 3 of Act No 505/1990, on 
metrology, as amended, and are thus subject to state metrological inspection, i.e. 
validation of specified measuring instruments. The specific metrological and technical requirements are currently contained in  Directive 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 situation must be modified 
by incorporating the requirements into a binding general measure in the sense of § 24c Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended, in order to prevent problems with their 
enforceability.  G/TBT/N/CZE/168 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended;  - § 171 et seq. of Act No 500/2004, the Rules of Administrative Procedure, as amended; 
 
The basic texts were provided with a previous notification: 2013/0523/CZ   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 May 2014 30 May 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Czech Office for Standard s Metrology and Testing 
National Enquiry Point P. O. Box: 49 128 01 Prague 2-Czech Republic 
Telephone:  (+420) 224 907 219  
Telefax:  (+420) 224 907 122   E-mail:  wto.tbt@unmz.cz  
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