G/TBT/N/UKR/179/Rev.2  
8 April 2024  
(24-2957) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources 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 notific ation shall be indicated if different from above:   
35 Vasyl Lypkivskyi Street, Kyiv, 03035, Ukraine  
https://mepr.gov.ua  
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):  Chemical 
products (substances, mixtures, explosive or pyrotech nical articles). All HS codes from 
Chapters 28 - 38 of Section VI of the Harmonized System, excluding Chapter 30 - 
Pharmaceutical products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Technical Regulation on Safety 
of Chemical Products"; (675 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  the draft Technical regulation is developed in accordance with 
the provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On Ensuring Chemi cal Safety and Management of 
Chemical Products" to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the 
environment, free circulation of chemical products, promotion of alternative methods of 
chemical hazard assessment and innovation while increasing competitiveness, 
determination of requirements for chemical safety during production, placing on the 
market and use of chemicals, including in mixtures and products.  
The provisions of the draft Technical Regulation are based on the precautionary principle 
according to which manufacturers, importers and subsequent users have to ensure that 
they produce, place on the market or use chemicals that do not adversely affect human 
health or the environment.  
Chemical products cannot be placed on the market of Ukrain e if they do not meet the 
requirements of this Technical Regulation.  
Chemical products that were put into circulation before the entry into force of this 
Resolution and do not meet all or some of the requirements of this Technical Regulation G/TBT/N/UKR/179/Rev.2  
 
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  may be placed on the market within one year from the date of entry into force of this 
Resolution.  
The draft Technical Regulation is based on provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the 
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing 
a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as 
Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 
93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC.  
The revised draft Technical Regulation has incorporated suggestions received from 
relevant central executive authorities and includes technical modification s compared to 
its previous version notified in G/TBT/N/UKR/179/Rev.1.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Consumer information, labelling; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; 
Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization   
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Ensuring Chemical Safety and Management of Chemical Products", 
"On Technical Reg ulations and Conformity Assessment"  
• G/TBT/N/UKR/176/Add.3  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Resolution will enter into force six months after 
its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/UKR/179/Rev.2  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, 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://mepr.gov.ua/povidomlennya -pro-oprylyud nennya -proyektu -postanovy -kabinetu -
ministriv -ukrayiny -pro-zatverdzhennya -tehnichnogo -reglamentu -shhodo -bezpechnosti -
himichnoyi -produktsiyi/  
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