SLOVAK REPUBLIC: TESTING REGULATIONS The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.97. 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): Mechanized tools (8467), light building cranes, climbing equipment (8426; 8431), machines and devices used in civil engineering for proportioning the components, mixtures preparation, transport and storage, pipings, maintenance, renewal, cleaning, performing basic functions (8428; 8474; 8479; 8474; 8705; 8462; 8464; 8467; 8479), stone saws, stone grinding and polishing machines (8464), wooden ladders and fittings (4418). 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Decree UNMS SR 95/1995 of 2 January Via Which the Products for Obligatory Certification at the Technical and Testing Institute of Building in Bratislava are Specified. 6. Description of content: The proposed technical regulations 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 obiligatory testing instead of current obligatory products type approval is to harmonize the conformity certification system valid in the countries of EU and EFTA (according to so called ``Global Approach to Certification and Testing'' of 13 June 1989). The aim of introducing these regulations is to reach full compatibility of the procedure for the conformity certification of products in accordance with the EU directives, which subsequently will ensure 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/C267/03 of 15 June 1989 ``Global Approach to Certification and Testing. Qualitative Measures for Industrial Products''; - EU Council Decision of 13 December 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. 89/392/EEC in wording of changes of 91/168 EEC, 93/68/EEC on unifying the legal regulations concerning machines. - EU Council Directive No. 73/23/EEC in wording of 93/68/EEC related to electrical low-voltage devices. (c) Publication in which there is a reference: - UNMS Bulletin No. 1-2/1995 (Vestnik UNMS SR No. 1-2/1995). (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 June 1995. 10. Final date for comments: 30 May 1995. (115)

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