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WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/UKR/47
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4370)
Original: English Working Party onthe
Accession ofUkraine
ACCESSION OFUKRAINE
Information OntheIntroduction ofNewIntergovernmental Standards ofCISCountries and
Regulations OnCertification Procedures andFeesCharged forSuch
TheGovernmentalCommissiononUkraine'sAccessiontotheWTOhassubmittedthefollowing
information ontheintroduction ofnewintergovernmental standards ofCISCountries, aswellas
regulations oncertification procedures andfeescharged forsuch, withtherequest thatitbecirculated
tomembers oftheWorking Party.
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1. TheState Committee ofUkraine forStandardization considers theparticipation inthework
oftheInter-State Council forStandardization, Metrology andCertification (IC)tobeitsparticipation
intheregional organization oftheInternational Organization forStandardization (ISO-EASC).
Thirty-four inter-State committees covering themost important areas ofscientific and
technological activity arefunctioning inUkraine under thescheme ofoperation oftheIC.These
committees haveworked outabout 600inter-State standards (GOST).
TheState Committee ofUkraine forStandardization submitted alistofmeasures forthe
implementation ofinternational andeuropean standards ontheregional level(theCIScountries) for
consideration ofthe11thsession oftheIC.These measures included:
- development ofaprogramme forthedirect implementation ofinternational andEuropean
standards asinter-state forreciprocally shipped products andmethods oftheir testing in
compliance with theResolution oftheCabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine No.244of
19March 1997; and,
- development ofaprogramme oninter-laboratory comparative testing ofreciprocally shipped
productssubjecttocompulsorycertificationproceedingfromthegenerallyacceptedinternational
practice ofcarrying outsuchtesting toinsure ahighlevelofreliability ofthetesting results
andthesafety oftheproducts forpeople andtheenvironment.
Theissues ofthedirect implementation ofinternational andeuropean standards asinter-State
onesandthedevelopment ofaninter-laboratory comparative testing programme havebeensupported
bytheallICparticipating states which wasstated inthedecision ofthe11thsession oftheIC.
2. NoduesaretobepaidinUkraine forcertification ofproducts. Payment forthefulfilment
ofcertification work isdetermined inthecontract between theclient andthecontractor asprovided
forinArticle 19oftheDecree oftheCabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine onstandardization andcertification
./.WT/ACC/UKR/47
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No.46-93 of10May1993. Recommendations fordetermining thevalue ofcertification services can
befound inSchedule KtotheDSTU 3413-96.
3. Ukraine hasundertaken responsibilities fortheharmonisation ofthelegislation, norms, rules,
regulations andstandards aswellastheprocedures formeasuring compliance (certification) formaking
them more compatible witheuropean onesunder theAgreement OnPartnership andCo-operation
BetweenUkraineandtheEuropeanCommunities(Articles51and56).Thesameobligationismentioned
intheEconomic Policy Memorandum fortheperiod since July1997 toJune1998 oftheCabinet of
Ministers ofUkraine agreed withtheInternational Monetary Fund (page 26).
Further development ofthenational standardization andcertification system withtheaimof
making itmore compatible withtheeuropean oneisthemain direction ofitsevolution.
Ontheinitiative oftheStateCommittee ofUkraine forStandardization, theCabinet ofMinisters
ofUkraine adopted theResolution No.244onmeasures forthegradual implementation inUkraine
oftheprovisionsoftheEuropeanCommunitiesDirectives,sanitary,ecological,veterinary,phytosanitary
norms andinternational andEuropean standards (hereinafter -theResolution) on19March 1997. The
Resolution provided fortheadoption of25Laws ofUkraine andthepreparation of14industry
programmes fortheimplementation inUkraine ofthestandards andother regulations harmonised with
thecorresponding international andeuropean ones.
Withtheaimofrealising theResolution, ameeting washeldattheStateCommittee ofUkraine
forStandardization on15May1997 inwhich representatives ofMinistries andother bodies ofthe
central executive power determined asresponsible executors oftheResolution, representatives ofthe
Cabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine, technical committees forstandardization participated. The
European Communities experts working under theTACIS project "Standardization andCertification
inUkraine"- representatives oftheMinistry ofIndustry ofFrance, Ministry ofLabour ofFrance and
theFrench Association forStandardization AFNOR alsotookpartinthemeeting.
Thework hasbeencarried outinaccordance withtheplanofmeasures approved bythe
Resolution asofto-day.
In1996, theState Committee ofUkraine forStandardization joined theVoluntary Practice
Code forthedevelopment, approval andutilisation ofstandards (Appendix 3totheWTO Agreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade).
TheStateCommittee ofUkraine forStandardization asanational agency forstandardization
andcertification isbasing itsactivities ontheprinciples oftheInternational Organisation for
Standardization (ISO), theInternational Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) thatUkraine hasbeena
member ofsince 1993 andtheEuropean Committee forStandardization (CEN) ofwhich theState
Committee ofUkraine forStandardization became aCorresponding Member in1997. TheState
Committee ofUkraine forStandardization hasalsoprepared afullsetofdocuments forjoining the
EuropeanElectrotechnicalCommissionCENELECandhassentitfortheconsiderationoftheCENELEC
governing body.