. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CZE/137 
25 March 2010  
 (10-1642) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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 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 :    
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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  High-speed scales. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft regulation 
amending Ministry of Industry and Trade Re gulation No. 345/2002 Coll., which establishes 
measurement devices for mandatory validation and measurement devices subject to type 
approval, as amended by Regulation No. 65/ 2006 Coll. and Regulation No. 259/2007 Coll. 
(7 pages, in Czech).     
6. Description of content:  This amendment to the Regulati on includes high-speed scales into 
the category of specified measurement devices which are subject to state metrological inspection in the sense of Section 4 of Act No. 505/1990 Coll., on metrology, as amended.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
So-called high-speed vehicle weighing inspections  have been incorporated into the Czech 
legal system for the purposes of eliminating the effect of overloaded vehicles on the 
condition of the motorway network and increasing the safety of motorway traffic. In order 
to ensure the uniformity and correctness of high-speed weighing, it is indispensable to 
ensure that the applicable measurement devi ce, that is, the high-s peed scale, has been 
included into the category of specified measurement devices which are subject to state metrological inspection in the sense of Section 4 of Act No. 505/1990 Coll., on metrology, as amended.  For that reason, the Draft Re gulation amends Regulation No. 345/2002 Coll., 
establishing measurement devices for mandato ry validation and measurement devices 
subject to type approval, as amended.  
8. Relevant documents:   Act No. 505/1990 Coll. on metrology, as amended.  
Regulation No. 345/2002 Coll., establishing meas urement devices for mandatory validation 
and measurement devices subject to type approval, as amended.   G/TBT/N/CZE/137 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    After 7 June 2010       
1 January 2011   
10. Final date for comments:  25 May 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  
http://www.unmz.cz /, wto.tbt@unmz.cz 
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