. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/POL/4 
10 June 2010  
 (10-3172) 
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:  POLAND
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Military Centre for Standardiza tion, Quality and Codification 
Pl. Pi³sudskiego 4  00-909 Warszawa 
Poland 
Tel.:  (+48) 22 6873 219 Fax:  (+48) 22 6873 473 E-mail:  wcnjk@wp.mil.pl Website:  http://www.wcnjk.wp.mil.pl
 
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Section XIX:  arms and 
ammunition, parts and accessories there of  (9301, 9305, 9306)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Act Amending the 
System of Conformity Assessment of Products for the Needs of State Defence and Security (6 pages, in Polish).     
6. Description of content:  The draft Act amending the System of Compliance Assessment of 
Articles for the Needs of State Defence and Secu rity Act introduces editorial corrections to 
the definition of supplier and technical terms of reference.  
Furthermore, the model statement of co mpliance is dropped and the requirements 
concerning the contents of this document are defined as an open catalogue. 
Responsibilities concerning the assessment and s upervision of units engaged in the process 
of assessing the compliance of products for th e needs of State defence and security are 
transferred to the Minister of National Defence. 
It is now permitted, on approval by an a ppropriate minister, to omit the compliance 
assessment of articles for the needs of State de fence and security in the event of obtaining a 
product as part of an urgent operational requi rement (at the same time defining this 
concept). G/TBT/N/POL/4 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
The purpose of issuing the Act is to:  
– perform an editorial correction of the provisions which leave interpretative doubts;  – remove excessive formal difficulties by no longer defining the model statement of 
compliance; 
– simplify and standardise the manner of assessing and supervising units engaged in 
assessing the compliance of products earmarked fo r the needs of State defence and security. 
8. Relevant documents:   The System of Conformity Assessment of Products for the Needs of 
State Defence and Security, notified under G/TBT/N/POL/3    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/pisa/ap p/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=pisa_notif_overvie
w&iYear=2010&inum=3&lang=EN&sNLang=EN  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/pisa/cfcontent.cfm?vFile=120100003EN.DOC  
Military Centre for Standardiza tion, Quality and Codification 
Pl. Pi³sudskiego 4 00-909 Warszawa Poland Tel.:  (+48) 22 6873 219 
Fax:  (+48) 22 6873 473 
E-mail:  wcnjk@wp.mil.pl Website:  http://www.wcnjk.wp.mil.pl