. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CZE/151 
9 December 2011  
 (11-6397) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CZECH REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Milled cereal products, 
pasta, bakery products  and confectionery pr oducts and pastries. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulation of 
2012 amending Regulation No 333/1997 Coll, which im plements Section 18(a ), d), h), i), j) 
and k) of Act No 110/1997 Coll. on food and tob acco products and on amendments to certain 
related acts in respect of milled cereal products, pasta, baked goods and confectionery 
products, and pastries, as amended (10 pages, in Czech).     
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendment lays down certain supplementary quality 
requirements, defi nitions of bakery and confectionery products a nd conditions for putting 
products into circulation, and some additiona l related requirements for the labelling of food 
intended for the final consumer. These requir ements are establishe d in accordance with 
Article 5 and Article 8 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, under which consumers should be able 
to make informed choices of food when s hopping. Furthermore, consumers must not be 
misled about the practi ces used. The draft le gislation has also b een amended with new 
knowledge in the field and its presentation to the consumer.  G/TBT/N/CZE/151 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
proposed amendment lays down certain supplemen tary quality requirements, definitions of 
bakery and confectionery products  and conditions for putting products into circulation, and 
some additional related requirem ents for the labelling of food intended for the final consumer. 
These requirements are established in accordance with Article 5 and Article 8 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, under which consumers should be  able to make informed choices of food 
when shopping. Furthermore, consumers must not be misled in the cont ext of the practices 
used.  
The draft legislation has also been amende d with new knowledge in the field and its 
presentation to the consumer. A further objective of the submitted provisions is better consumer information about the nature of the goods sold, and a closer specification of the 
terminology used in accordance with  the food law concepts introduced.  
Bakery and confectionery products are a non- harmonised area. In a ccordance with the 
principle of mutual recognition, the draft legi slation applies only to food business operators 
based in the Czech Republic. 
8. Relevant documents:    
- REGULATION No 333/1997 Coll. of the Ministry of Agriculture, which implements 
 Section 18(a), d), h), i), j) and k) of  Act No 110/1997 Coll. on food and tobacco 
 products and on amendments to certain re lated acts in respect of milled cereal 
 products, pasta, bakery products and confectionery products, and pastries 
- REGULATION No 93/2000 Coll.  of the Ministry of Agriculture amending 
 Regulation No 333/1997 Coll. of the Minist ry of Agriculture, which implements 
 Section 18(a), d), h), i), j) and k) of  Act No 110/1997 Coll. on food and tobacco 
 products and on amendments to certain re lated acts in respect of milled cereal 
 products, pasta, bakery products and confectionery products, and pastries 
- REGULATION No 268/2006 Coll. amending Regulation No 333/1997 Coll. of the 
 Ministry of Agriculture, which implements Section 18(a), d), h), i) , j) and k) of Act 
 No 110/1997 Coll. on food and tobacco products and on amendm ents to certain 
 related acts in re spect of milled cereal product s, pasta, bakery products and 
 confectionery products, and pastries, as  amended by Regula tion No 93/2000 Coll. 
- Act No 110/1997 Coll. on food and tobacco products and on amendments to certain 
 acts, as amended 
The basic texts were submitted under a previous notification: 2005/728/CZ 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    10 February 2012 
1 June 2012  
10. Final date for comments:  1 February 2012 
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:  
http://www.unmz.cz /, wto.tbt@unmz.cz  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/CZE/11_4135_00_e.pdf