G/TBT/N/CZE/253  
20 October 2023  
(23-7095) 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:   
Czech Metrology Institute  
Name and address (including telephone 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  
Biskupský dvůr 1148/5  
110 00 Prague 1 - Czech Republic  
Telephone: (+420) 221 802 212  
Email address: wto.tbt@unmz.cz  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  High-
speed weigh -in-motion road vehicle scales  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Measure 0111 -
OOP-C010-23 stipulating metrological and technical requirements for specified measuring 
instruments, including test methods for type approval and verification of specified 
measuring instruments: 'high -speed weigh -in-motion road vehicle scales'; (21 page(s), 
in Czech), (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The legislation lays d own the metrological and technical 
requirements for these specified measuring instruments, including test methods for type 
approval and verification of specified measuring instruments – high-speed weigh -in-
motion road vehicle scales.  
7. Objective and rati onale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  High-speed weigh -in-motion road vehicle scales may be placed on the 
market and put into service in the Czech Republic as specified measuring instruments 
pursuant to Act No 505/1990 on metrolo gy, as amended. Pursuant to this Act, specified 
measuring instruments are instruments that are included in the list of the types of 
specified measuring instruments (Decree No 345/2002) and, at the same time, intended 
(by the manufacturer/importer) for meas urements of relevance to the protection of public 
interests in areas of consumer protection, contractual relations, imposition of sanctions, 
fees, tariffs and taxes, health protection, environmental protection, occupational safety, 
or the protection of oth er public interests protected by special legislation. This is therefore G/TBT/N/CZE/253  
 
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  a purpose similar to the one defining specified products – non-automatic measuring 
instruments and instruments pursuant to Directives 2014/31/EU and 2014/32/EU. The 
requirements of thi s legislation do not apply to measuring instruments not placed on the 
market in the Czech Republic for the above purposes, defined by Act No 505/1990 on 
metrology,  as amended.  The purpose of this notified legislation is to lay down metrological 
and technic al requirements for these specified measuring instruments. This legislation 
also stipulates tests for type approval and verification of specified measuring instruments 
of this type.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Reference(s) to basic text(s):  
Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended.  
Section 171 et seq. of Act No 500/2004, the Administrative Code, as amended  
Decree No 345/2002 stipulating measurement instruments for mandatory verification and 
measurement instruments subject to type approval, as amende d 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  February 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  20 December 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National 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 Enquiry Point  
Contact person: Mrs. Irena Karasova  
Biskupský dvůr 1148/5  
110 00 Praha 1  
Tel: +(420) 22 1 802 212  
Email: wto.tbt@unmz.cz  
Website: http://www.unmz.cz/office/wto -tbt-enquiry -point 
The English and Czech version of Measure 0111 -OOP-C010-23 stipulating metrological 
and technical req uirements for specified measuring instruments, including test methods 
for type approval and verification of specified measuring instruments: 'high -speed weigh -
in-motion road vehicle scales' - is available in the Tris database, please follow the attached 
URL link below: https://technical -regulation -information -
system.ec.europa.eu/en/notification/24926  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/CZE/23_13074_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/CZE/23_13074_00_x.pdf