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ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.73/Rev.1 
10 May 2011 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
 
 
 
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from Croatia   
 
Revision  
  
 The following statement under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
has been received from the delegation of Croatia
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I. TRANSPARENCY 
A. GOVERNMENTAL  INSTITUTION 
1. The Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entreprene urship of the Republic of Croatia has the 
overall responsibility for ensuring that obliga tions under the Agreement are fulfilled. 
B. ENQUIRY  POINT  AND  NOTIFICATION  POINT 
2. By the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia of 24 September 1998, the 
official Enquiry point on technical regulations, st andards and conformity assessment procedures was 
established within the State Office for Standardi zation and Metrology (DZNM), (G/TBT/2/Add. 73). 
3. In accordance with The Regulation on the Estab lishment of the Croatian Standards Institute 
(HZN) of 1 July 2005, the activities of the WTO/TB T Enquiry point take pl ace within the Croatian 
Standards Institute (HZN).  
4. In accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia of 21 
December 2010, HZN is defined as the Enquiry point and Notification point of the WTO/TBT.  
5. The address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows: 
  WTO/TBT Enquiry point and Notification point 
  Croatian Standard Institute (HZN) 
  Ulica grada Vukovara 78   10000 Zagreb 
  Croatia 
  Tel: +385 1 610 60 90   Fax: +385 1 610 93 25 
  Email:  wto.tbt.info@hzn.hr
 
   mladen.radetic@hzn.hr   
  Contact person:   Mr. Mladen Radeti ć G/TBT/2/Add.73/Rev.1 
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  6. The Croatian Standard Institute (HZN) pe rforms notification procedures on technical 
regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures as well as information exchange in 
accordance with Article 10. 
C. PUBLICATIONS 
7. Technical rules adopted in the form of laws or regulations are published in the Official 
Gazette of the Republic of Croatia  (Croatian title: Narodne novine, http://www.nn.hr ). Standards and 
information are published in the Bulletin of the Cr oatian Standard Institute (Croatian title: HZN e-
glasilo, www.hzn.hr). 
II. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
8. The Croatian Standards Institute (HZN) administ ration is regulated by:  The Standardization 
Act 
9. The Standardization Act of 6 October 2003 (OG 163/03, 4 pages) regulates the principles and 
aims of Croatian standardization, the establishm ent, organization and activities of the national 
standards body, the preparation and publishing of  Croatian standards and their application. 
10. Regulation on the Establishment of the Croatia n Standards Institute (HZN) of 1 July 2005 
(OG 44/2005 and 30/2010). 
11. By this Regulation the Republic of Croatia est ablished a public institution under the name of 
Hrvatski zavod za norme – HZN (English: Croatian Standards Institute) for the purpose of 
achieving standardization goals and performing the activities and tasks of the national standardization. 
12. The Decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia from the 21 December 2010, 
defined HZN as the Enquiry point and Notification point of the WTO/TBT. 
 
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