. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SVK/7 
22 March 2005 
 (05-1206) 
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:   SLOVAK REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic,  
Mierová 19,  827 15 Bratislava 212 
balog@economy.gov.sk 
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):   Textile fibres, yarns and 
textile products, leather products, clothing products made from textiles and leather. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Slovak Republic 
Ministry of the Economy Decree of  ........2005, laying down details of the requirements for safety of textile fibres and yarns, textile, l eather and clothing products made from textiles 
and leather intended for direct contact with skin (3 pages, in Slovak) 
6. Description of content:   The Decree determines the high est allowable levels of dangerous 
chemical  substances in products  made  of textile fibres and yarns, textile, leather and 
clothing products made from textiles and leat her intended for direct contact with skin. 
The Decree lays down the maximum allowable values for hazardous chemical substances 
and products in textile fibres and yarns, tex tile, leather and clothi ng products made from 
textiles and leather intended for direct contact with skin. The safety of a product shall be 
demonstrated by the manufacturer, importer or supplier by carrying out safety tests. The 
maximum allowable values for hazardous ch emical substances (pentachlorophenol, 
formaldehyde, heavy metals, azo dyes, polychlor inated biphenyls, etc.) are given in annexes 
to the Decree. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The draft Decree provides for the protection of  human health with respect to residues of 
organic and inorganic contaminants which might  pass from textile and leather products in 
direct contact with skin into the human body.  G/TBT/N/SVK/7 
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 8. Relevant documents:    
-  Act No. 634/1992 Coll. on consumer protection 
-  Decree of  the Ministry of Economy No .18/1999 Coll. on textile products    
 labelling  -  Decree of the Ministry of Economy No 105/2001 Coll. on labelling of the materials 
 used in main components of footwear for sale to the consumer. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   - 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2006 
10. Final date for comments:    60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: