. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SVK/2
26 September 2002
(02-5160)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:
Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic
Presidium of the Fire and Rescue Corps.
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:           
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):   Portable fire
extinguishers, mobile fire extinguishers, pressure vessel of portable fire extinguisher,
pressure vessel of a mobile fire extinguisher
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   D e c r e e  o f  t h e
Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Re public No. ..../2002 Coll., stipulating requirements
laid on portable fire extinguishers and mobile fire extinguishers, conditions of their using
and securing of their regular checking.
6. Description of content:   This Decree stipulates requirements concerning characteristics as
regard function and construction, marking, detailed conditions of their using, content of
checking, requirements concerning repairing and filling with extinguishing media, access
road requirements to the storage place of mobile fire extinguisher.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   In
regard to creating the single market, removing technical barriers to trade, and harmonizationof the legal rules of the Slovak Republic with the European Union law system, progressive
transformation of technical standards provisi ons into commonly binding legal acts takes
place in the field of fire protection, too.
For this reason the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic has elaborated the draft
of the Decree stipulating portable fire extinguishers properties and conditions of their using
and securing of their regular checking.
8. Relevant documents:   In this Draft were elaborated European technical standards too:
• STN EN 3-1 (92 0501) Portable fire extinguishers. Part 1: Description, duration of
operation, class A and B fire test,G/TBT/N/SVK/2
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• STN EN 3-2 (92 0501) Portable fire extinguishers. Part 2: Tightness, dielectric test,
tamping test, special provisions,
• STN EN 3-3 (92 0501) Portable fire extinguishers. Part 3: Construction, resistance to
pressure, mechanical tests,
• STN EN 3-4 (92 0501) Portable fire extingui shers. Part 4: Charges, minimum required
fire,
• STN EN 3-5 (92 0501) Portable fire extinguishers. Part 5: Specification and
Supplementary tests,
• STN EN 3-6 (92 0501) Portable fire extinguishers.  Part 6: Provisions for the attestation
of conformity of portable fire extinguishers in accordance with EN 3 part 1 to part 5.
• STN EN 736-2 (13 3001) Valves. Terminology.  Part 2: Definitions of components of
valves
• STN 92 0202-1 Fire protection of buildings. Distribution of the fire extinguishers in
buildings
• Decree of the Work Safety Office of th e Slovak Republic No. 74/1996 Coll. on secure
work safety and health protection, safety of pressure, lifting, electrical, and gas
equipment and on vocational expert qualification;
• Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic No.400/1999 Coll., stipulating
details on technical requirements laid on other specified products, as amended
• Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 264/1999 Coll. on  technical
requirements laid on products and on conformity assessment and on amendment and
complement of certain acts;
This Decree will be published in the Collection of Acts of the Slovak Republic.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
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: