5/1989 Coll.
The Decree
Minister of Foreign Affairs
of 15 July. December 1988
the Convention for the quality assessment and Certification System of mutually supplied
products
On 14 June 2004. October 1987, was in Moscow, signed the Convention on assessment system
quality and certification of mutually supplied products.
With the Convention have expressed their consent of the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak
the President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Socialist
Republic has ratified it. Instrument of ratification has been deposited in the
the Secretariat, COMECON, the depositary of the Convention, on 8. September 1988.
Convention entered into force, pursuant to article XVI on 29 April 2006. may
1988 and for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on the basis of the same
Article on 7 February 2004. December 1988.
Czech translation of the Convention shall be published at the same time.
Minister:
JUDr. Mr v.r.
Convention
on the system of the quality assessment and certification of mutually supplied products
The Government of the people's Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian people's Republic, Vietnam
the Socialist Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Cuban
Republic, the Mongolian people's Republic, the Polish people's Republic,
The Romanian Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist
the republics, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic,
starting from the decision of the Economic deliberations of the Member States on the COMECON
the highest level and a comprehensive programme of scientific and technical progress
COMECON Member States by the year 2000,
with a view to further deepening and improving the cooperation and development
Socialist economic integration of Member States COMECON,
being guided by the principles of cooperation of COMECON Member States and efforts to secure
a further increase in the efficiency of their economic cooperation,
starting from the fact that in the conditions of the international division of labour permanently
increases the volume of the exchange of goods between the Member States of the COMECON,
and the Federal Executive Council of the Socialist Federal Republic of Skupštiny
Yugoslavia,
with the aim of progressively raising the technical level and quality of each
our products and their competitiveness on the world market,
the rational use of material and energy resources, resources
labour force and at the same time the exclusion of the repetition of tests of products,
called "the Contracting Parties", agree as follows:
Article. (I)
The Contracting Parties shall create a system for quality assessment and certification
mutually supplied products (hereinafter referred to as "the system"), under which
secure:
-the operation of the system in accordance with this Convention;
-the determination of the list (nomenclature) products subject to certification;
-implementation of the accreditation of test laboratories (centres)
The Contracting Parties, which is to provide for the testing of products, set out to
certification;
-verification of the existence of the conditions for ensuring stable quality and
effective control products, laid down in the certification for their producers.
-testing products, laid down in the certification of accredited
test laboratories (centres);
-issuing of the certificates and certification marks, and their mutual
recognition;
-implementation of the supervision of the activities of the system and the quality of the certified
the products;
-the organisation and implementation of the exchange of information on the activities of the system.
Article II
The quality assessment and certification of mutually supplied products will
carried out on the basis of this Convention and on the Statute of the system of assessment
quality and certification of mutually supplied products, approved by the Executive
the Committee of the COMECON and the other documents adopted within the meaning of that
Of the Statute in order to ensure the implementation of this Convention.
System documents will use the principles adopted in international
organizations for the certification, if these principles are not contrary to the objectives of this
Of the Convention.
Article. (III)
Certification of mutually supplied products shall be carried out by analysing the
compliance with the requirements of COMECON, other international and national standards and
other arbitrary technical documents corresponding to the progressive
the world's scientific and technological level and the authorities of the States agreed
Of the Contracting Parties.
Article IV
Each Contracting Party shall designate the competent authority of the State administration and must authorize the
it to the extent necessary for the security of its participation in the system. This
the authority will carry out the coordination of work in the field of certification and supervision of
the activities of the System in his State in accordance with the national legal order and
to represent this State in matters of the implementation of this Convention to
authorized State administration authorities of other States parties.
Information on the destination of the authorized body of the State administration shall be communicated to the depositary
of this Convention.
Article. In
The Contracting Parties agree that the coordination of all operations to ensure the
system activities under the Convention, its implementation and monitoring progress
fulfilment of the obligations arising from this Convention, as well as the preparation of proposals to
further development of the System will be implemented in the framework of the Permanent Commission for the COMECON
cooperation in the area of standardisation.
Article VI
Quality assessment and certification are subject to particular products, including
raw materials, materials and components that have important significance for the economy
the States of the Contracting Parties; products, whose use can cause
threat to life, human health or the environment, and also
products, which according to the law of the States of the Contracting Parties shall be subject to
compulsory testing before placing them into circulation.
Lists (nomenclature) products subject to within the system
certification, with an indication of the standards of other COUNTRIES, international and national
the standards and other technical documents, regulating the arbitrary requirements
on these products, methods, scope and the procedure for their examination, shall be determined
the agreement between the authorized bodies of the State administration or with them
odsouhlasují in the preparation of contracts and agreements on economic and scientific and technological
cooperation, concluded by the authorities and organizations of the States of the Contracting Parties.
Article. (VII)
Certificates issued by bodies of State administration of the States of the Contracting
the parties, in which the certification of products made, or of their
the decision of the testing laboratories (centers) accredited in accordance with the rules
The system on the basis of the positive results of the tests of the products and the existence of
the conditions that allow you to secure the stable quality and with the manufacturers of the active
control products, laid down in the certification.
The manufacturer may indicate the certification mark certified products only after
the previous issue of the certificate.
Article. (VIII)
Accreditation of test laboratories (centres) performed by authorised body
the State administration of the State in which the registered office of the laboratory (Centre).
Authorised body of the State administration of the State in which the test laboratory
(Centre) is situated, in the decision on accreditation shall take into account the results of the
finding specialists-representatives of authorised bodies of the State
administration of the interested States parties, of the existence of the conditions
necessary for the accreditation of laboratories (centres), if it is not in the
bilateral or multilateral agreements concluded in accordance with article
(XIII) of this Convention, unless otherwise specified.
If the testing laboratory (Center) has been accredited according to
the rules of other national or international certification systems,
that correspond to the rules of the System, acknowledges such accreditation in
under the system in its entirety.
Article. (IX)
The existence of conditions, quality of the products belonging to the stable set
for certification of their quality and effective control, it checks for clearance
production of those products, performed by the authorised body of the State administration
producing State or accredited on the basis of its decision
test laboratory (Centre).
Bodies of State administration States producing products laid down
for certification in accordance with this Convention when the mutual arrangements allow
representatives of the public authorities of the States signatories of the importing
the products, that are familiar with the status of the production and control of their
the quality.
Article. X
Detects if the authorised body of the State administration of the importing State when
control of products that the products supplied do not match the certificate, it may
to suspend the recognition of a certificate in your State and has the obligation to
It shall immediately inform the authorised body of the State administration
of the exporting State.
Article. XI
States parties shall take the necessary measures, ensuring
the objectivity of the results of the tests in accredited test laboratories
(centres) and the credibility of the results of certification of products according to the
the uniform principles and methodological documents to be adopted in
within COMECON.
Article. XII
The costs associated with the certification shall be borne by the producers (organisations, businesses) States
exporting products, if not in the treaties and agreements referred to in
articles VI and VIII of this Convention provides otherwise. The costs associated with the
transmission specialists to carry out the tasks referred to in Articles VIII and IX of the
This Convention shall be borne by the authorities and organisations of States that these specialists
broadcast.
Article. XIII
Bodies of the State administration of the States of the Contracting Parties may, in the case of
the need to conclude bilateral and multilateral agreements with a view to implementation of the
of this Convention.
Article. XIV
If the disputed questions on the implementation of the Convention between the authorities and organisations
the States of the Contracting Parties, those questions dealt with by negotiation between the
authorized by the Government authorities of the States of the Contracting Parties.
Civil disputes between the States of the Contracting Parties, in respect
the certified products will be dealt with under the Convention on a solution
civil disputes arising from relations of economic and
Scientific and technological cooperation in the arbitration of 26 September. in May 1972.
Article. XV
This Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties arising from the
other treaties and agreements concluded between them or between the authorities and the
organisations of their States, and also between them and the third States.
Article. XVI
This Convention is subject to ratification or approval (acceptance) by legal
the order of the States which have signed it. Instrument of ratification documents of the
its approval (acceptance) will be transmitted to the Secretariat of the COMECON,
who will perform the functions of depositary of this Convention.
This Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day, calculated from the date when the
has been forwarded to the depositary of the fifth instrument of ratification or document on the
approval (acceptance).
For each State, whose instruments of ratification or approval documents
(acceptance) will be transmitted to the depositary for safekeeping after the this Convention
enters into force, the Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day reckoned
from the date of transmission of the instrument of ratification or approval of the document
(adoption).
Article. XVII
With the consent of the Contracting Parties to this Convention after its entry into
force access the other States by the depositary shall send the document on the
access. Accession shall be considered valid after the expiration of the ninety days
the date on which the depositary receives the last message about the consent with the approach.
Article. XVIII
This Convention is concluded for an unlimited period of time. Each of the Contracting Parties
may terminate its participation in this Convention by writing about it, inform the
the depositary. Notice of termination shall take effect 12 months after the date on which the depositary
notification received. Termination of participation in the Convention is without prejudice to
smluvněprávních commitments and the authorities of a Contracting Party, or
organisations of the State in connection with the implementation of the system and the applicable
on the date when the denunciation took effect.
Article. XIX
The depositary will promptly inform the signatories to this Convention and States,
which acceded of the date of transfer to the custody of each instrument of ratification
the instrument or document (receipt) or documents on the
accession, on the date of entry into force, as well as of the receipt of other
notification, arising from the Convention.
Article. XX
This Convention may be supplemented or amended with the consent of all the Contracting
of the parties. Add-ons and changes are made in the form of the Protocol, which shall take
validity in accordance with the provisions of article XVI.
Article. XXI
This Convention shall, after its entry into force, registered by the depositary
the Secretariat of the UNITED NATIONS within the meaning of article. 102 of the UN Charter.
Article. XXII
The original of this Convention shall be communicated to the depositary, who shall circulate the escrow
certified copies of the States of the Contracting Parties have signed the Convention and
States which acceded to the Treaty.
Given by 14. October 1987, in Moscow, in one copy in the Russian language.
For the Government of the people's Republic of Bulgaria
G. Atanasov v r.
the President of the Council of Ministers
The Government of the Hungarian people's Republic
(subject to)
K. Grósz in r.
the President of the Council of Ministers
For the Government of the Socialist Republic of
Vo Van Kiet, in r.
the first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
For the Government of the German Democratic Republic
W. Stoph in r.
the President of the Council of Ministers
For the Government of the Republic of Cuba
C. r. Rodriguez in r.
the Deputy Chairman of the Council of State and Council of Ministers
For the Government of the Mongolian people's Republic
D. Sodnom in r.
the President of the Council of Ministers
The Government of the Polish people's Republic
(with Declaration)
From Messner in the r..
the President of the Council of Ministers
For the Government of the Socialist Republic of
(with Declaration)
C. Dascalescu in r.
the first Minister of the Government of
For the Government of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
N. Ryzhkov in. r.
the President of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
For the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
L. Štrougal in r.
the President of the Government of the CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
For the Government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(subject to)
(initialled only, full power at the time of the signing of the nepředložena)
