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Notifying Member: Czech Republic

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible: Czech Metrology Institute

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:

Czech Office for Standards, Metrology, and Testing

WTO/TBT Enquiry Point

P. O. Box 49

Biskupsky dvur 1148/5

110 00 Prague 1-Czech Republic

Telephone: (+420) 221 802 212

Telefax: (+420) 221 802 440

E-mail: wto.tbt@unmz.cz

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 'Measuring instruments used to monitor activity limits and concentration of effluents from nuclear facilities, nuclear raw material mining or processing facilities, radioactive waste processing plants and from the processing or application of radioactive materials, and also used to determine environmental radiation exposure due to effluents' - modules for discontinuous measurement of activity or concentration by sampling that require specific test procedures; Radiation measurements (ICS 17.240).

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft General Measure number: 0111-OOP-C072-16 laying down the metrological and technical requirements for specified measuring instruments, including testing methods for type approval and verification of the following specified instruments: 'Measuring instruments used to monitor activity limits and concentration of effluents from nuclear facilities, nuclear raw material mining or processing facilities, radioactive waste processing plants and from the processing or application of radioactive materials, and also used to determine environmental radiation exposure due to effluents' - modules for discontinuous measurement of activity or concentration by sampling that require specific test procedures (13 page(s), in Czech; 13 page(s), in English)  

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Description of content: Measuring instruments used to monitor activity limits and concentration of effluents from nuclear facilities, nuclear raw material mining or processing facilities, radioactive waste processing plants and from the processing or application of radioactive materials, and also used to determine environmental radiation exposure due to effluents' - modules for discontinuous measurement of activity or concentration by sampling that require specific test procedures - are placed on the market and put into use in the Czech Republic as specified measuring instruments following type approval and initial verification pursuant to Act No. 505/1990 on metrology, as amended. This legislation contains national metrological regulation of type approval and verification of these measuring instruments.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: In the Czech Republic, measuring instruments used to monitor activity limits and concentration of effluents from nuclear facilities, nuclear raw material mining or processing facilities, radioactive waste processing plants and from the processing or application of radioactive materials, and also used to determine environmental radiation exposure due to effluents' - modules for discontinuous measurement of activity or concentration by sampling that require specific test procedures - are specified measuring instruments that are subject to mandatory type approval and verification.

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Relevant documents:

Reference(s) to basic text(s):

- Act No 505/1990 on metrology

- § 171 et seq. of Act No 500/2004, the Administrative Procedure Code, as amended

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Proposed date of adoption: October 2018

Proposed date of entry into force: October 2018

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

If there is an issue with downloading the document, you can contact us:
Czech Office for Standards, Metrology, and Testing
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point
P. O. Box 49
Biskupsky dvur 1148/5
110 00 Prague 1-Czech Republic
Telephone: (+420) 221 802 212
Telefax: (+420) 221 802 440
E-mail: wto.tbt@unmz.cz

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