METROLOGY SYSTEM OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
LEGISLATIVE BASIS

The national metrology system of the Czech Republic has been established and ensured on the basis of the legal regulations setting out the rights and obligations of the bodies involved in the metrology field.
Basically, the legislative lied down in Act No. 505/1990 Coll. on Metrology as amended by Act No.119/2000 Coll. and Act No.20/1993 Coll. on the provision of the performance of state administration in the field of standards, metrology and testing as amended by Act. No. 22/1997 Coll.
The basic acts are:

505/1990 Coll.

The Act of 16^th November 1990 on Metrology as amended by Act No.119/2000 Coll.

20/1993 Coll.

The Act of 20^th December 1992 on The provisions of the performance of state administration in the field of standards, metrology and testing as amended by Act No. 22/1997 Coll. and by Act No.119/2000 Coll.

22/1997 Coll.

The Act of 24^th January 1997 Coll. on Technical requirements for products and on amendments to some products.

119/2000 Coll.

The Act of 6^th April 2000 amending Act No. 505/1990 Coll. and some other acts.

Wording of the Acts mentioned above can be found in the Collection of laws of the Czech
Republic, in electronic form on page www.psp.cz.

Texts of regulations are available only in Czech in this moment. Please contact CMI staff for detailed information.

The following decrees of Ministry of Industry and Trade
and Government orders have been issued with relation to the Act on Metrology:

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General and horizontal decrees of Ministry of Industry and Trade

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262/2000 Sb. - procedures of the Metrology law implementation

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263/2000 Sb. - type approvals of measuring instruments

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264/2000 Sb. - measurement units

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Decrees of Ministry of Industry and Trade implementing the Old Approach Directives EEC

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Decrees related to the field of prepackaged goods

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Government orders laying down conformity assessment of products according to Act No.22/1997 Coll. on Technical requirements for products as amended by Act No. 71/2000 Coll. into which New Approach Directives EEC have been implemented.

Another metrological regulations

Methodical guidelines, technical requirements for measuring instruments, procedures, etc. obligatory for the state metrology bodies are issued by the Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing and by the Czech Metrology Institute. The survey of them is referred to as follows:

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Methodical quidelines for metrology MPM

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Technical requirements TPM

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Metrology regulations MP

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Firm standards - type PNÚ

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Firm standards - type I

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Firm standards - type B

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Withdrawn regulations and their replacement

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OIML regulations - type R, recommendations

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OIML regulations - type D, documents