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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/126
25 February 2000
(00-0722)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
COMMUNICATION FROM UKRAINE1
The delegation of Ukraine wishes to draw the attention of the Committee to the following
notification concerning product certification.
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1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UKRAINE
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of
Ukraine
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
- chemicals and photographic products (mo tion picture films, including: black-and-
white negative and positive films, color positive and negative films, internegative
films, black-and-white sound track negative films, color hard negatives, black-and-
white reversal films, reversal film cassettes, color reversal films);
- medical equipment (instruments and apparatus for diagnostics, measuring
instruments for determining blood pressure on the humans’ organs, hemodialysisapparatus, dialysis apparatus, specific medical chairs, stretchers, medical sewing
instruments);
- microcalculators and battery supply to them;
- overhead traveling electric cranes for special use;
- overhead traveling electric cranes for metallurgy (ladle cranes, stripper cranes,
soaking pit cranes, open-hearth furnace charging cranes, forge cranes);
- cable cranes, overhead traveling manual cranes, electric cantilever cranes, cantilever
manual cranes, overhead stacking cranes;
- welding materials (flux for welding and fusing, ceramic flux for welding and 
fusing);
- construction materials, products and structures (steel trestles, galleries and separate
supports for conveyors and pipe line saddles; standard sands for concrete tests,
gypsum plaster, binding agent gypsum; iron and concrete girders for covering
industrial and agricultural buildings; erection trusses, blocks made of aerated
concrete);
                                                     
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- knitting machines, electric spinning machines;
- gas stove ignition devices;
- high-voltage components and blocks for TV technique (video cameras);
- motor oils (oils for carburettors , excepting oils for two stroke engines, diesel and 
universal oils);
- semisolid lubricants (anti-friction, cable lubricants).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Order of the
Derzhstandart of Ukraine of 29.12.1999  N 418,  2 pages, published in: Information Index
"Standards" (in Ukrainian only), N 12, 1999.
6. Description of content:   Exclusion of some kinds of products (see item 4 above) from the
list of products that are subject to mandatory certification.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  To
reduce the list of products that are subject to mandatory certification.
8. Relevant documents:   Article 14 of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers’ decree of 10.05.93
N 46-93 “Regarding standardization and certification”; President of Ukraine’s commission
of 21.09.99 N 1-14/1160; Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers’ commission of 24.09.99 N 21
000/2.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }13 February 2000
10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Ukrainian Research Institute for Standardization,
Certification and Informatics174, Gorkiy Street, 03680,
Kyiv 150, MSP,
Ukraine
Tel.: 380 44 268 84 61;
Fax: + 380 44 268 70 60;E-mail: dstu@naifs.ukrpack.net