G/TBT/N/CZE/169  
 
6 February 2014  
(14-0708)  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):  Machines 
for measuring the surface area of leather (HS CODE 903180). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft general 
measure specifying metrological and technical requirements for specified measuring instruments, including test methods for verification of specified measuring instruments: "machines for measuring the surface area of leather" (8 pages, in Czech). 
6. Description of content:  This draft general measure stipulates metrological and 
technical requirements for specified measuring instruments, including test methods for 
verifying specified measuring instruments, which in this case are machines for 
measuring the surface area of leather.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Measuring devices for measuring the surface area of leather are specified 
measuring instruments pursuant to § 3(3) of Act No. 505/1990, on metrology, as 
amended, and are thus subject to state metrolog ical control, i.e. verification of specified 
measuring instruments. Currently, specific metrological and technical requirements are contained in Directive 2004/22/EC of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council of 
31 March 2004 on measuring instruments. This situation must be modified by 
incorporating requirements into a binding general measure in the sense of § 24c of Act 
No. 505/1990, on metrology, as amended, to prevent the occurrence of problems with their enforceability.  G/TBT/N/CZE/169 
 
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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 delivered within the scope of a prior 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 [  ], 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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