Decree of the Office for Technical Standardisation, Metrology and State Testing, Office for Standardisation and Measurement No. 101 / 1988 Coll.
Ordinance of the Office for Standardisation and Measurement on Product Certification
Valid
Effective from 01.07.1988
101
DECLARATION
Office for Technical Standardisation, Metrology and State Testing
of 6 June 1988
on product certification
The Office for Technical Standardisation, Metrology and State Testing shall determine, in accordance with Section 35 (1) of Act No. 30 / 1968 Coll., on State Testing, in the full version published under No. 84 / 1987 Coll. (hereinafter referred to as "the Act '):
Determination of products for certification
(1) The Office for Technical Standardisation, Metrology and State Testing (hereinafter referred to as "the Office") provides for the certification of products for which there is a social interest in the continued respect of their characteristics, including those products for which this results from the international agreement on product certification, which the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is bound (hereinafter referred to as "the international agreement").
(2) The central authorities involved to be consulted are the Federal Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition, the Ministry of Trade and Tourism and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of the Czech Socialist Republic and the Ministry of Trade and Tourism and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of the Slovak Socialist Republic.
Logging of products for compulsory certification
(1) The manufacturer is obliged to register the product for compulsory certification with the competent authority of the State Examination Office (hereinafter referred to as the "State Examination Office") within 60 days of the date of entry into force of its certification in the Bulletin of the Office for Technical Standardisation, Metrology and State Testing (hereinafter referred to as the "Journal").
(2) A product which has not yet been put into circulation after the date of entry into force of its determination for certification shall be required to register with the public service within 30 days of its entry into circulation.
(3) If the validity of the certificate is limited, the manufacturer shall, if the product intends to continue to enter into circulation, register it for a new certification within the time limit specified in the certificate.
(4) A certified product the production of which has been taken over is required by the accepting manufacturer to register for certification within 30 days of the date of receipt of the production.
(5) The manufacturer shall, at the request of the public service responsible, complete the application for certification with documentation and documentation to verify the assumptions of continued compliance with the quality of certified products in production to the extent specified by the public service.
Notification of imports of certified products
(1) An organisation authorised to import is required to notify the State Service and, if not designated, to the Office of the import of a product subject to certification under an international agreement, 2) prior to the first import into the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
(2) With the start of the import of the product, the approved import organisation shall submit to the national service a copy of the certificate or indicate that it has not received the certificate.
Optional product certification
(1) Optional product certification is carried out by the State Service only within the scope of its certification authorisation.
(2) The manufacturer or other organisation which demonstrates a legal interest in carrying out the certification must identify the non-compulsory certification of the product and present foreign technical standards, technical documents and legislation under which it requires certification of the product.
Procedure for product certification
(1) The conformity of the characteristics of the certified product type shall be established by comparing the values of the characteristics established by the methods established on the sample of the product with those laid down by technical standards, technical documents and legislation.
(2) The manufacturer's assumptions for continued compliance with the quality of certified products in production shall be established by checking the product quality assurance system, in particular by checking:
(a) the state of the production facility and the level of the technology used;
(b) technical control levels;
(c) the state of the production technical documentation required for the production of certified products;
(d) the condition of the test equipment and its metrological security.
(3) The national testing laboratory shall issue a report on the results of the findings on the sample of the product and on the examination of the manufacturer's assumptions for continued compliance with the quality of the certified products in production.
(4) The State Service shall issue a certificate or decision refusing to certify the product without delay, not later than 30 days after the date of issue of the report.
(5) The certificate, decision to refuse to certify the product or decision to withdraw the certificate shall be sent by the State Service to the manufacturer and to the Office. When refusing to certify a product or withdrawing a certificate on grounds of non-compliance with the health or safety requirements, the national service shall also send the decision to the authorities concerned. A certificate shall be sent to the body of the international certification system only if this results from an international agreement.
(6) The results of product certification and changes thereto are published and recorded in a manner specified by the Office.
Sampling of the product
(1) Sampling of the product shall be carried out in accordance with technical standards or in any other normal way, or in accordance with an international agreement, as appropriate.
(2) If the national service takes a sample of the product from an organisation other than the manufacturer, it shall notify the manufacturer of the sampling of the product within 3 days of its withdrawal. The manufacturer shall replace or reimburse such products within 30 days of the date of receipt of the notification of the sampling of the product, unless otherwise agreed with the organisation for which the sampling was carried out.
Control
(1) The State Service checks the certified product at random; However, if it is found that the product does not conform to the certificate or if changes in its production are reported, 3) it shall carry out the check without delay.
(2) The control of the imported product subject to the notification requirement of Article 3 shall be carried out in accordance with the international agreement under which the product has been certified.
Labelling of certified products
(1) The Czech certification mark ("the mark") is set out in the Annex to this decree. In addition to this mark, the code of the public service responsible for certification may be placed.
(2) The Office announces in the Journal certification marks, the mutual recognition of which results from an international agreement for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Amount of remuneration
(1) The amount of remuneration for the certification of a product or for the control of a certified product shall be fixed at the price for the certification or inspection carried out, determined in accordance with the relevant price regulation.
(2) The amount of remuneration for the appeal procedure or the decomposition procedure shall be determined at the level of the costs incurred by the Office in the proceedings; where the appeal or decomposition is granted, no payment shall be charged.
Transitional provision
The existing certification mark may continue to be used if the relevant decision of the national certification service has become final before the date of entry into force of this decree.
This Decree shall take effect on 1 July 1988.
Chairman:
Ing. Hill CSc. v. r.
Annex to Decree No. 101 / 1988 Coll.
Make referred to in § 8 (1)
Czech certification mark
1) § 24c (1) of the Act.
(2) The list of imported products subject to certification under an international agreement shall be published by the Office in a Journal designating the State Service.
3) Paragraph 28 (3) of the Act.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Office for Technical Standardisation, Metrology and State Testing, Office for Standardisation and Measurement No. 101 / 1988 Coll., on Product Certification |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 16.06.1988 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.1988 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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