SLOVAK REPUBLIC: COSMETICS, SOAP, ETC. The following notification has been received in Gatt document TBT/Notification G/95.66 dated 8 March 1995. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: Slovak Republic. If applicable, name of local Government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency Responsible: Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing (UNMS SR). 3. Notified under Article 5.6.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Cosmetics. Soap (3303-3307; 3401), soap powders (3402), transport bands (2721-2728), textiles and textile products (6101-6117; 6201-6211; 6213; 6301; 6302; 6309; 6526), Ropes (5607), mining pipes (5911), soldering materials, tools, devices and materials used in welding (2530; 3810; 7308; 7318; 7610; 8311; 8405; 8414; 8468; 8481; 8515; 9004), school bags, selected leather products and footwear (4202; 4203; 6401-6404), products specified for health protection and safety at work (3917-3921; 3923; 3925; 3926; 4008; 4009; 4015-4017; 4203-4205; 4303; 4304; 5007; 5111-5113; 5208-5212; 5309; 5310; 5407; 5408; 5512-5516; 5601; 5603; 5607; 5609; 5701-5705; 5903; 5904; 5907; 5909; 6002; 6101-6104; 6110; 6113; 6114; 6116; 6201-6204; 6210; 6211; 6216; 6306, 6401-6405; 6503; 6505; 6506; 6810; 6811; 6815; 6904; 7019; 7616; 8421; 8518; 9004). Agricultural, food industry and forestry machines (8421; 8422; 8428; 8432-8438; 8514; 8701), fuels, oils, improvers and selected plastics and products made of plastics (11111-11113; 1119; 2321-2323; 2723; 2731; 283; 321; 3450; 3457; 3459; 562-564). 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Obligatory certification of specified products - decree Nos. 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91/1994 UNMS SR. 6. Description of Content: The proposed technical regualtions - decree Nos. 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91/1994 of the Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing of 1 December 1994 ``Obligatory Certification'' state the examining of mechanical, fire and electrical safety, hygienic irreproachability, health and environmental protection, safety at work and energy saving and subsequent certification of conformity of these products to the specified technical standards and legislative regulations. 7. Objective and Rationale: The reason for introducing the obligatory testing instead of current obligatory products type approval is to harmonize the conformity certification system valid in the countries of the EU and the EFTA (according to the so-called ``Global Approach to Certification and Testing'' of 13 June 1989). The aim of introducing this regulation is to reach full compatibility of the procedure for the conformity certification of products in accordance with the EU directives, which subsequently will secure the mutual recognition of certificates. 8. Relevant Documents: (A) Previous Documents: - Act No. 30/1968 ZB, on state testing in tenor to subsequent regulations. FUNM Decree No. 101/1988 on products certification. (b) International Documents: - European Commission's document No. 89/C 267/03 of 15 June 1989 ``Global Approach to Certification and Testing. Qualitative Measures for Industrial Products''. - EU Council decision of 13 October 1990 concerning the modules for various phases of the conformity assessment procedures which are intended to be used in the technical harmonization directives. - EU Council Directive No. 90/396/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels. - EU Council Directive No. 92/42/EEC on efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels. (C) Publication in which there is a reference: UNMS Bulletin No. 14/1994 (Vestnik UNMS SR No. 14/1994). (D) Publication in which the proposal will be published after the approval: Official Gazette of the Slovak Republic. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: 1 May 1995. 10. Final date for comments: 30 April 1995. (082)

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