RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/UKR/35
27March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1256)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFUKRAINE
Communication from Ukraine
Thefollowing information concerning technical barriers totrade hasbeenreceived from the
Ministry forForeign Economic Relations andTrade ofUkraine. Notifications concerning Agreements
Reached byaMember withAnother Country orCountries onIssues Related toTechnical Regulations,
Standards orConformity Assessment Procedures areavailable intheSecretariat forconsultation
(Accessions Division, Room 1126).
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INFORMATION ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
1. Description ofrelevant laws, regulations, administrative orders, etc., relating to
implementation andadministration oftechnical barriers totrade. Allnecessary references
should beprovided.
ThelawsofUkraine inthefollowing areas:
- Consumer Protection,
- Protection ofLabour,
- Sanitation andDisease Control,
- Energy conservation, and
- DataSecurity inAutomated (Computer) Systems.
regulate theprocedures forenacting compulsory requirements inthetechnical regulations concerning;
national safety, accurate information, human health andsafety, animal, plant, andenvironmental
protection. These lawsdonotcontradict therequirements stipulated inArticle 2oftheAgreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade.
Themainprovisions regarding theorganization ofwork instandardization andtheevaluation
ofconformity tostandards (certification) inUkraine areoutlined intheDecrees oftheCabinet of
Ministers ofUkraine adopted in1993, ratified bytheSupreme Rada ofUkraine andhavethesame
status asthelawsofUkraine:
"OnStandardization andCertification":
"OnEnsuring Uniformity ofMeasurement"; and
"OnState Supervision ofAdherence andEnforcement ofStandards andRegulations".
These laws constitute thelegislative framework ofgovernment policy intheareas of
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packaging andlabelling. However, these lawsdonotestablish specific technical requirements, and
assuch, donotdirectly create technical barriers tointernational trade.
TheStateCommitteeofUkraineonStandardization,MetrologyandCertification,(Derzhstandart
ofUkraine) hasdeveloped andapproved thenational standards (DSTU) oftheState standardization
system onthebasisoftheabove legislative acts.Theyestablish thegeneral principles ofstandardization
inaddition tothecategories ofnormative documents onstandardization; thegeneral procedure for
developing standards, negotiating them, approving, publishing, andtheimplementation ofstandards
andtechnical requirements forgoods, works andservices.
Therequirements oftheStatesystem onstandardization areharmonized withtherequirements
oftheinternational standards organization ISOandIEC, andarebased onthefollowing principles:
- access toinformation oncurrent standards andprograms todevelop standards;
- participation inthedevelopment ofstandards byallinterested parties (usually standards are
developed bytechnical committees (TC), which consist ofexperts working formanufacturers,
consumers, andgovernment control agencies. These experts participate onavoluntary basis);
- harmonization withinternational standards; and
- adoption ofstandards onthebasis ofconsensus.
Inaccordance withtheStatesystem ofstandardization inUkraine, national standards ofUkraine
shallcontain bothcompulsory requirements (concerning product safety andenvironmental protection,
compatibility, andinterchangeability) andrecommended requirements.
Technical regulations oftheStatesystem forcertification (UkrCEPRO) havebeendeveloped
incompliance withISO/IEC requirements (ISO/IEC 2,ISO/IEC 25,ISO/IEC 39,ISO/IEC 40),and
arealsoconsistent withISO/CASCO directives. They provide forproduct conformity assessment to
compulsory standards. IntheUkrainian system andUkrCEPRO requirements, conformity assessment
procedures aretobeapplied uniformly toforeign anddomestic products. Discriminatory treatment
isnotapplied toforeign products.
TheDecree ofthePresident ofUkraine, dated 19February 1995, No.135-96 "Onthe
Interdepartmental Commission onUkraine 'sAccession totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade
andtheWorld Trade Organization" provides thatalldraftlegislative actsconcerning thereformation
ofUkrainian foreign trade must undergo verification forconformity with therequirements of
GATT/WTO.
2. Information regarding:
(a) names ofpublications, ifany,onwork relating todraft technical regulations orstandards
andprocedures;
Derzhstandart ofUkraine publishes itswork plans andprograms onstandardization inthe
periodical "Information Bulletin onStandardization, Metrology andCertification".
Thelistofthenationaltechnicalregulationswhicharebeingdevelopedispublishedintheofficial
edition ofDerzhstandart ofUkraine "Standards Information Index" ISSN 0205.5600.
Specific standards documents maybepurchased byrequesting order forms fromthefollowing
addresses atDerzhstandart ofUkraine:WT/ACC/UKR/35
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Frunze Street 152,
Kyiv-73 MSP,
Ukraine, Kyiv, 252073
Telephone (044) 435-42-70.
Lenin Avenue 66,
Kharkiv-164 MSP,
Ukraine, Kharkiv, 310164
Telephone (0572) 33-35-00.
InterestedpartiesmayobtaindraftstandardsduringanystageofdevelopmentfromtheUkrainian
ResearchInstituteforStandardization,CertificationandInformationScience(UkrNDISSI).Thisnational
institute prepares andverifies draftstandards before theyareapproved.
Gorky Street 174
Kyiv-6 MSP
Ukraine, Kyiv, 252650
Fax(044) 268-70-60.
Comments andwritten statements ondraftnational standards willbeconsidered within sixty
daysfollowing issuance ofthedraftstandard.
Draft standards arealsopublished inprofessional journals andliterature (eg."Food Industry
ofUkraine" and"Metals andCasting ofUkraine") inorder toattract comment fromprofessionals for
thedevelopment ofnational standards inthose specific areas.
(b) thename andaddress oftheenquiry point(s) foreseen inArticles 10.1and10.3ofthe
WTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade (theAgreement) withanindication as
towhether itis/they arefully operational;
TheUkrainian National Information Centre forStandardization andCertification ofthe
International Information Network (ISONET) isanintegral partoftheNational Automated Information
Depository ofStandards established bythegovernment ofUkraine inFebruary 1995. Currently, the
National Information Centre isnotfullyoperational. TheNational Information Centre plans tobecome
partially computer automated bythefourth quarter of1996.
Derzhstandart ofUkraine hasMembership Istatus inISONET.
TheNational Information Centre address is:
Ukraine, Kyiv, 252650.
Kyiv-6 MSP, Gorkogo Street 174,
Derzhstandart ofUkraine,
Telephone (044) 268-52-77
Fax(044) 268-56-00.
Thecentre operates under theauspices oftheMain Depository ofStandards, anoffice ofthe
National Automated Information Depository ofStandards.WT/ACC/UKR/35
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(c) thename andaddress oftheagency dealing withconsultations asforeseen inArticle 14
oftheAgreement;
Derzhstandart ofUkraine conducts consultations andsettles disputes concerning standardization
andprocedures forconformity assessment.
TheDerzhstandart ofUkraine 'saddress is:
Ukraine, Kyiv, 252650,
Kyiv-6 MSP, Gorky Street 174,
Derzhstandart ofUkraine
Telephone (044) 226-29-71, (044) 268-54-35
Fax(044) 226-29-70. (044) 268-56-00.
(d) thename andaddress ofagencies thataredealing withother specific functions foreseen
intheAgreement;
Anyquestions, comments ordiscussions regarding draftstandards oftheiradoption maybe
directed to:
Ukraine, Kyiv, 25260,
Kyiv-6 MSP, Gorky Street 174,
Derzhstandart ofUkraine
Telephone (044) 226-29-71, 268-54-35
Fax(044) 268-29-70.
Comments andproposals concerning draft national standards ofUkraine inthefield of
construction materials shallbedirected to:
TheState Committee ofUkraine onUrban Development andArchitectural Affairs
Ukraine, Kiev, 252133, Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard 26
Telephone (044) 226-23-78
Fax(044) 226-34-68.
(e) thescope orresponsibility ofthecentral government authorities intheareaofnotification
requirements foreseen inArticle 10:11 oftheagreement andofindividual government
authorities, iftheresponsibility isdivided among twoormore suchauthorities;
Derzhstandart ofUkraine isthesolegovernmental authority responsible forimplementation
onanational levelofprovisions relating tonotifications inaccordance withtheAgreement.
(f) measures andarrangements toensure thatnational andsub-national authorities preparing
newtechnical regulations orsubstantial amendments toexisting ones, provide early
information ontheir proposals .
Derzhstandart isthecentral authority oftheStateexecutive branch which determines thEgoals
andprinciples ofadministration andrules forimplementation ofstandardization, metrology and
conformity assessment (certification). Allwork intheareaoftechnical regulations, standards
development, andamendments toexisting standards isaccomplished bythree national technical
committees onstandardization onthebasis ofannual standardization plans prepared, adopted and
supervised byDerzhstandart withtheparticipation ofallinterested parties.WT/ACC/UKR/35
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TheCabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine hasestablished anInterdepartmental Council on
Standardization,MetrologyandCertification,tocoordinatedworkontheState,regionalandlocallevels,
andtoensure theconformity anduniformity ofeachregions 'sactions. Among theresponsibilities
ofthisinterdepartmental council istheassurance ofuniformity ofallstandardization measures.
The"ProvisiononNationalInformationCentreonStandardizationandCertification"(Information
Centre GATT/WTO) adopted bythegovernment ofUkraine, requires allauthorities involved inthe
preparation ofnewtechnical regulations andsubstantial amendments toexisting regulations toprovide
prior information ontheirplans asrequired bytheAgreement.
Inaddition, theStatesystem forstandardization ofUkraine provides forStateregistration of
allnational standards ofUkraine, sector standards (operating inspecific industrial sectors), scientific
andtechnological organization standards (voluntary standards developed bytechnical organizations)
andtechnical regulations ofUkraine (operating within specific enterprises, including private one).
Standards, technical regulations andtheiramendments thathavenotbeenregistered byDerzhstandart
ofUkraine arenotvalid. Registered standards arelisted intheState register.