G/TBT/N/CZE/172  
 
6 February 2014  
(14-0714)  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): 
'Instruments for measuring water flow quantity - water meters which are intended for use in residential and commercial areas, as well as in light industry' (HS CODE 902580). 
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 following specified measuring 
instruments: "instruments for measuring water flow quantity - water meters which are 
intended for use in residential and commercial areas, as well as in light industry’ (15 pages, in Czech).     
6. Description of content:  This general measure lays down the metrological and technical 
requirements for specified measuring instruments, including the testing methods for the 
validation thereof, which in this case are instruments for measuring water flow quantity - 
water meters which are intended for use in residential and commercial areas, as well as in light industry.  G/TBT/N/CZE/172 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Instruments for measuring water flow quantity – water meters which are 
intended for use in residential and commercial areas, as well as in light industry are 
specified measuring instruments in the sense of Section 3 Paragraph 3 of Act No 
505/1990 on metrology, as amended, and are thus subject to state metrological inspection, i.e. validation of 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 needs to be 
rectified by incorporating the requirements into a binding general measure within the 
meaning of Section 24(c) of Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended, in order to prevent problems with their enforceability.  
8. Relevant documents:   Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended; - Section 171 et 
seq. of Act No 500/2004, the Administrative  Procedure Code, as amended. The basic 
texts were forwarded with an earlier 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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