G/TBT/N/UKR/269  
6 October 2023  
(23-6724) 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:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 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 notification shall be indicated i f different from above:   
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine  
Department of Waste Management  
35 Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivsky St., Kyiv  
https://mepr.gov.ua/  
206 31 65, e -mail: kukharuk.y@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):  waste 
incineration facilities and combined waste incineration facilities  
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 Requirements for the 
Operation of Waste Incineration Facilities and Combined Cycle Waste Incineration 
Facilities"; (5 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  the draft Resolutions proposes to approve the Technical 
Requirements for the operation of waste Incineration facilities and combined waste 
incineration facilities.  
These Technical Requirements define the key conditions for operators of stationary and 
mobile waste incineration facilities or waste combined cycle incineration facilities while 
operating them to prevent their negative impact on human health and the environment.  
The Requirements are mandatory for all operators of the facilities, except for t he facilities 
defined in parts three and four of Article 38 of the Law of Ukraine "On Waste Management" 
(notified as G/TBT/N/UKR/251), according to which the provisions of Articles 38 and 39 
of the mentioned Law do not apply to gasification or the pyrolysi s facilities if the 
substances (gases) resulting from such thermal treatment of waste are purified to such 
an extent that they cease to be waste before they are incinerated and may cause 
emissions not exceeding those resulting from the incineration of natu ral gas.  
Moreover, the requirements of Articles 38 and 39 of the Law do not also apply to facilities 
that treat the following types of waste:  G/TBT/N/UKR/269  
 
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  - plant waste from agriculture and forestry; plant waste from the food processing industry, 
if the heat generated is recovered; fibrous plant waste from the production of cellulose 
produced from primary raw materials and paper produced from cellulose raw materials, 
if they are jointly incinerated at the place of production and the generated heat is 
recovered; bark was te; wood waste (except those that may contain halogenated organic 
compounds or heavy metals as a result of treatment with preservatives or wood coating), 
including those generated from construction and demolition waste;  
- waste generated as a result of fie ld exploration and operation of oil and gas wells at 
offshore facilities located at sea, which is incinerated on board such facilities.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Waste Management", "On Environmental Protection".  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Resolution will enter into force on the date of 
its publication and shall be enacted six months after the date of termination or 
cancellation of martial law in Ukraine.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 683 9 
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://mepr.gov.ua/povidomlennya -pro-oprylyudnennya -proyektu -postanovy -
kabinetu -ministriv -ukrayiny -pro-zatverdzhennya -tehnichnyh -vymog -do-ekspluatatsiyi -
ustanovok -zi-spalyuvannya -vidhodiv -ta-ustanovok -iz-sumisnogo -spaly/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/UKR/23_12856_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/UKR/23_12856_01_x.pdf