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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): Multi-orifice diaphragm gas flow sensors; Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flowmeters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32 (HS 9026); Metrology and measurement. Physical phenomena (Vocabularies) (ICS 01.040.17), Measuring instruments (ICS 17.040.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft General Measure number:0111-OOP-C094-18, laying down metrological and technical requirements for specified measuring instruments, including testing methods for type approval and verification of specified measuring instruments: 'multi-orifice diaphragm gas flow sensors' (13 page(s), in Czech; 14 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: Multi-orifice diaphragm gas flow sensors may be placed on the market and put into use in the Czech Republic as specified measuring instruments pursuant to Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended. Pursuant to this Act, specified measuring instruments are instruments that are included in the list of the types of specified measuring instruments (Implementing Decree No 345/2002) and, at the same time, intended (by the manufacturer/importer) for measurements of relevance to the protection of public interests in areas of consumer protection, contractual relations, imposition of sanctions, fees, tariffs and taxes, health protection, environmental protection, occupational safety, or the protection of other public interests protected by separate legislation. This means that their purpose is similar to that used for defining the legally controlled products – measuring instruments and non-automatic weighing instruments – under Directives 2014/31/EU and 2014/32/EU. The requirements of this legislation do not apply to measuring instruments not placed on the market in the Czech Republic for the above purposes, defined by Act No 505/1990 on metrology.

The purpose of this notified legislation is to lay down metrological and technical requirements for these specified measuring instruments.This legislation also stipulates tests for type approval and verification of specified measuring instruments of this type.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: In the Czech Republic, gas flow sensor with a nozzles are specified measuring instruments that are subject to mandatory type approval and verification or safety.

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Relevant documents:

Reference(s) to basic text(s):Act No 505/1990 on metrology, as amended
§ 171 et seq. of Act No 500/2004, the Code of Administrative Procedure, as amended

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Proposed date of adoption: February 2020

Proposed date of entry into force: February 2020

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Final date for comments: 8 January 2020

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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 any issue with downloading document, 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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