G/TBT/N/LTU/44  
19 April 2022  
(22-3133) 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:  LITHUANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania  
A. Jakšto str. 4, LT -01105 Vilnius, Lithuania  
Tel.: +370 706 63661, Fax: +370 5 2663663  
E-mail: lina.lekunaite@am.lt  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National WTO TBT Enquiry point  
Lithuanian Standards Board  
Algirdo street 31, 03219 Vilnius, Lithuania  
Telephone: (+370) 5 279 1152; mobile: (+370) 6 58 60308  
E-mail: aurelija.jeleniauskaite@lsd.lt  (cc: enquiry@lsd.lt ) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [  ], 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):  
Construction products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order of 
the Minister for Environment of the Republic of Lithuania amending the Order No D1 -901 
of the Minister for Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 10 December 2015 
approvin g the Technical Construction Regulation STR 1.01.04:2015 "Assessment, 
verification of constancy of performance of construction products for which there are no 
harmonized technical specifications and declaration of performance of such products. 
Designation of testing laboratories and certification bodies. National Technical 
Assessments and designation and notification of Technical Assessment Bodies" 
(hereinafter referred to as Draft Order). (1 page(s), in Lithuanian)  
6. Description of content:  It should be noted that draft Order of the Minister for 
Environment of the Republic of Lithuania amending the Order No D1 -901 of the Minister 
for Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 10 December 2015 approving the Technical 
Construction Regulation STR 1.01.04:20 15 „Assessment, verification of constancy of 
performance of construction products for which there are no harmonized technical 
specifications and declaration of performance of such products. Designation of testing 
laboratories and certification bodies. Nati onal Technical Assessments and designation and 
notification of Technical Assessment Bodies" was notified by The European Commission, 
the Member States and the World Trade Organization (draft legal act No. 2018/272/LT G/TBT/N/LTU/44  
 
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  and G/TBT/N/LTU/33). The notification p rocedure ended on September 18, 2018. The 
European Commission and the Member States did not have any comments.  
This draft order proposes to supplement paragraph 16, which would provide a 
corresponding exemption for access to the market of non -harmonized co nstruction 
products in the market of the Republic of Lithuania for a transitional period.  
The amendment to the order was adopted in view of the fact that the Russian Federation 
was carrying out a military attack on Ukraine, which is in line with military a ggression 
under international law, and the Republic of Belarus involvement in the attack, and due 
to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/355 of 2 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 
765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus, to ensure 
that these countries are not directly or indirectly financed by the Republic of Lithuania 
and the European Union, state enterprise Construction Products Certification Center 
suspended validity of certificates of constancy of performance of constr uction products, 
certificates of conformity of (internal) production control of construction products 
(hereinafter - certificates). Therefore The Ministry of Environment has prepared an order 
considering the problems and proposals raised by market particip ants, which facilitates 
the access of non -harmonized construction products to the market of the Republic of 
Lithuania during the transition period.  
Given the urgency and complexity of the situation, legislation should be assessed as a 
matter of urgency.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The draft order has been prepared in order to liberalize the supply of non -
harmonized construction products to the market of the Republic of Lithuania.  
8. Relevant documents:   
The Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania, the List of Construction Products 
Subject to Regulation approved on 24 January 2022 by the Order No. D1 -15 of the 
Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  As soon as possible in April 2022.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  As soon as possible in April 2022.  
10. Final date for comments:  3 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National WTO TBT Enquiry pointLithuanian Standards Board  
Algirdo street 31, 03219 Vilnius, Lithuania  
Telephone: (+370) 5 279 1152; mobile : (+370) 6 58 60308  
E-mail: aurelija.jeleniauskaite@lsd.lt  (cc: enquiry@lsd.lt )