Czech office for Standards, Metrology and Testing takes the responsibility for the development, publication and distribution of Czech standards (CSN) in compliance with Act No. 22/1997 Coll., on technical requirements for products and on amendments to some acts, as amended.
It ensures especially
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The development, publication and distribution of Czech standards, other standards documents and publications related with standardization,
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Co-operation with international and European standards organizations ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC a ETSI,
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Fulfillment of duties and obligations resulting from the membership in ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI,
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Co-operation with other national standards organizations,
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Maintenance of the collection of Czech standards,
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Guidance and co-ordination of activities of Czech technical committees
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Development of Programme of standardization,
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Contractual relations concerning development of Czech standards and is concerned with economical use of financial means from the state budget in this area,
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Preparation of announcements of Czech standards in compliance with Act No. 22/1997 Coll. for their publication in the ÚNMZ Official Journal,
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International meetings of working bodies of international and European standards organizations in the Czech Republic,
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Provision of information on Czech, foreign and international standards and documents,
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Sale of Czech, foreign and international standards and documents.
The department consists of 7 sections:
2100 Planning and International Communication Section
2200 Mechanical Engineering Section
2300 Electrotechnical Section
2400 Building and Civil Engineering Section
2500 Chemistry and Environment Section
2600 Editing Section
2700 Information Centre
