EZÚ became the founding member of the LVD – NBF Notified Bodies Forum

A fundamental turning point in the field of state testing procedures was the adoption of Act no. 22/1997 Coll. on Technical Requirements for Products, which canceled the system of approving products according to Act no. 30/68 Coll. and the legal binding force of technical standards, which became optional technical standards. The Act introduced procedures for the evaluation of conformity in accordance with EC legislation and introduced EC directives into Czech legislation in the form of government directives. Harmonized standards were defined for every government directive , the use of which ensures a presumption of conformity of product properties with the basic requirements of the government directive for the manufacturer.