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Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Technical Law Problems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 636-0810/01
Abbreviation TPPIP
Course title Technical Law Problems
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Material Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Karel Matocha, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

- Introduction to technical and legal regulations, the importance of techno-
law for contemporary society, the historical development of
types of technical legislation, the basic types of technical and legal
regulations in the Czech Republic.
- The generally binding legal regulations of a technical nature in the CR;
concept and form of laws - laws, government orders, decrees, their
importance for the protection of public interest, the relationship between the generally binding legal
technical regulations and technical standards.
- Legislation of a technical nature as a tool to support and not
barrier to international trade and research and development of new products;
harmonization of Czech legislation with EU legislation, ie an application
Community law into the Czech legal order in terms of legislation
technical nature.
- Legislation of a technical nature in the EU and EU primary law,
EU secondary legislation - regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and
opinion.
- The EU as an instrument for regulating the technical requirements.
Legally binding for EU Member States, by way of application of legislation
these states, the relationship of technical guidelines and European standards EN
harmonized EN.
- System and technical standardization organization in the country. Czech technical standards
BS, legal non-binding, the role of the Czech Standards Institute
CSNI, the importance of technical standards and their application in business.
The options for the use of industry standards canceled. Corporate standards
and the possibility of their use in commerce.
- The organization and standardization in the EU, a European technical standards
EN, and their application to the system of technical standards of each member
EU countries, the role of the CEN and CENELEC.
- The organization and standardization on an international scale,
Role of ISO and IEC technical committees, creation and approval of new
standards. Specifics of technical standardization in the U.S. (ASI standards, ASME, API, etc.).
- Conformity assessment of products in the EU, the application of so-called "Rome agreements, distribution
products into two groups according to residual operational risk
role of the EU directives on the protection of public interest, showing a modular system
agreement, concerted practice in the EU - 8 modules, compliance, Product
Certification - Certificate product type, activity authorized person sign
Conformity CE Declaration of Conformity.
- Act No. 22/1997 Coll. on technical requirements for products as
text, purpose and structure of the Act, the implementation for public
interest by the Government NV, established products, compliance,
the role of authorized persons, notification of authorized persons.
- Quality Management System and its role in demonstrating conformity requirements
standards of ISO 9000:2000 quality management system certification, good
function of the quality management system as a prerequisite for stable product quality,
EFQM excellence model.
- Act No. 59/1998 Coll. the responsibility for damage caused by a defect
product as amended, Act No. 102/2001 Coll. the general safety
products, as amended.

Exercise:

- Introduction to the concept of public interest, practical examples.
- Generally binding legal regulations of a technical nature in the CR - Basic
types, their meaning and differences between them.
- Technical standards as regulations that have general applicability, types of
technical standards used in the CR, examples of their use in commercial
contact
- Importance of EU directives as a tool for regulating the technical requirements.
Protection of public interest without creating barriers to international trade and
Research and development of new produktů.Způsob adoption of EU directives into Czech
legislation.
- Management of technical standardization in the Republic, functions and powers of CSNI, creation of the CSN,
rules for the application of EU norms and standards in the ISO system of technical standards
in the country.
- Technical standards in the EU, the activity of the CEN and CENELEC, the creation and
announcing the harmonized standards.
- ISO and IEC, membership in these organizations, creation of international standards,
approval process, the application of international standards of ISO and IEC in the country.
- The Treaty of Rome, the EU's approach to the explanation of products, divided into two
groups operating under the residual risk. The role of EU directives and consistent
requirements to demonstrate compliance with these guidelines - 8 modules.
- Practical examples of procedures (modules) of attestation of conformity of products
Government Regulation No. 24/2003 Coll. (Directive 98/37/EC) for machinery
and No. 26/2003 Coll. (Directive 97/23/EC) for pressure equipment.
- Act No. 22/1997 Coll. on technical requirements for products (as
text); analysis requirements of the Act and its amendments in connection with the CR to
EU (např.paragraf 13b), examples of the application requirements of the Act.
- Explanation of the role of quality management system according to EN ISO
9001:2000 for demonstrating product compliance with EU directives, particularly in
Product certification - type certificate was issued by an authorized
person

Literature

Ward, I.: A critical introduction to European law. Butterworths, London, 1996.232 s.

Advised literature

Shaw, J.: Law of the European Union. Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2000. 591 s.