G/TBT/N/UKR/296  
16 May 2024  
(24-3795) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
The Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificatio n shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Railway 
rolling stock and railway infrastructure  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to Paragraph 2 of the Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 26 January 2022 No. 53"; (1 page(s), in English), 
(1 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  Paragraph 2 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine No. 53 "On Amendments to the Technical Regulation on railway infrastructure 
safety and the Technical Regulation on railway rolling stock safety" of 26 January 2022, 
which was published on 03 February 2022, provided th at the said Resolution would enter 
into force twenty -four months after its publication, i.e. on 03 February 2024 (notification 
G/TBT/N/UKR/196/Add.1).  
Subsequently, the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 53 of 26 January 
2022 was amended  by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 96 "On 
Amendments to Paragraph 2 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 
26 January 2022 No. 53" of 30 January 2024, according to which the entry into force of 
the Resolution  of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 53 was postponed for another 
six months, i.e. the Resolution was supposed to enter into force thirty months after its 
publication, i.e. from 03 August 2024 (notification G/TBT/N/UKR/281/Add.1).  
The notified draft  Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to 
Paragraph 2 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 26 January 2022 
No. 53" provides for the replacement of the words 'thirty months' with the words 'thirty -
nine month s', i.e. postponement of the entry into force of Resolution of the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine No. 53 of 26 January 2022 for another nine months, namely until 03 
May 2025.  
These amendments are intended to address the issue of increasing the number of 
designated conformity assessment bodies for railway products subject to the Technical G/TBT/N/UKR/296  
 
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  Regulation on railway infrastructure safety and the Technical Regulation on railway rolling 
stock safety.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
Law of Ukraine "On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment"; Resolution of the 
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 53 "On Amendments to the Technical Regulation on 
railway inf rastructure safety and the Technical Regulation on railway rolling stock safety" 
of 26 January 2022; Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 96 "On 
Amendments to Paragraph 2 of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 
26 Janua ry 2022 No. 53" of 30 January 2024  
• G/TBT/N/UKR/196  
• G/TBT/N/UKR/196/Add.1  
• G/TBT/N/UKR/281  
• G/TBT/N/UKR/281/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Kyiv 01008  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://mtu.gov.ua/news/35641.html  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/UKR/24_03276_0 0_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/UKR/24_03276_01_x.pdf