. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CZE/145 
11 January 2011  
 (11-0166) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Industry and Trade 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Laboratory hydrometers 
with increments less than 1 kg/m-3 except fo r hydrometers for the measurement of soil 
granularity (Casagrande). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft – Measure of a 
General Nature, stipulating metrological and t echnical requirements for specified measuring 
devices, including test methods for type appr oval and verification of  specified measuring 
devices: "laboratory hydrometers with incremen ts less than 1 kg/m-3 except for hydrometers 
for the measurement of soil granularity (C asagrande)" (7 pages, in Czech).     
6. Description of content:  This measure of a general natu re stipulates metrological and 
technical requirements for specified measur ing devices, including test methods for 
verification of specified measur ing devices, which in this ca se are laboratory hydrometers 
with increments less than 1 kg/m-3 except fo r hydrometers for the measurement of soil 
granularity (Casagrande).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Laboratory hydrometers with incr ements less than 1 kg • m-3 except for hydrometers for the 
measurement of soil gr anularity (Casagrande) are specified measuring devices in accordance 
with Section 3(3) of Act No. 505/1990 Coll., on me trology, as amended, and are thus subject 
to State metrological control, i.e., type appr oval and verification.  Currently, specific 
metrological and technica l requirements are contained in nati onal technical stan dards.  This 
state of affairs needs to be rectified by in cluding requirements in  a binding Measure of a 
General Nature in accordance with Section 24c of Act No. 505/1990 Coll., on metrology, as 
amended, to prevent the occurrence of  problems with their enforceability.  
8. Relevant documents:   Act No. 505/1990 Coll. on metrol ogy, as amended;  Act No. 500/2004 
Coll. of the Administrative Code, as amended. G/TBT/N/CZE/145 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      After 15 March 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  14 March 2011 
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  
And can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/CZE/11_0016_00_e.pdf