G/TBT/N/LTU/43  
23 September 2021  
(21-7106) 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 a nd 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:   
EC TBT Enquiry Point: ec-tbt@ce c.eu.int   
National TBT Enquiry Point: enquiry@lsd.lt  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], 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 
Assessment the List of Construction Products Subject to Regulation   (22 page(s), in 
Lithuanian)  
6. Description of content:  This document represents an update draft for the technical 
regulation notified under G/TBT/N/LTU/6. It does not supersede the existing list of the 
construction products subject to regulation, but supplements it by  newly adopted 
European harmonized standards. The proposed regulation provides technical 
specifications, mandatory essential characteristics and systems of assessment and 
verification of constancy of performance for a series of construction products, such as a 
aggregates, binders, concrete and mortar, masonry units, thermal insulation products, 
concrete and reinforced concrete, windows and doors, timber structures and products, 
glass, roof coverings and products, floors, walls and ceilings coverings, waterp roofing 
products, sealants, paints, geo -textiles, cables, fire -construction, heating, water supply 
and ventilation devices, reinforcing steel, embedded details, steel structures, road 
construction products, chimneys, waste water treatment facilities, firef ighting systems, 
fire detection and fire alarm systems equipment, stationary fire extinction systems and 
their components, etc. The new draft legislation also sets technical specifications, 
mandatory essential characteristic, and systems of assessment and verification of 
constancy of performance of construction products for which there are no harmonized 
technical specifications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The regulation is intended to bring about e nhanced harmonization with EU 
legislation on construction products while improving the level of protection for human 
beings and environment.  G/TBT/N/LTU/43  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
The List of Construction Products Subject to Regulation approved on 27 June 2018 by the 
Order No. D1 -601 of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not specified  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Lithuanian Standards Board  
International Affairs Subdivision of Organizational Standards Division  
Algirdo Str. 31  
LT-03219 Vilnius  
 
01100  
+(370) 5 279 11 50  
+(370) 5 2709 367 (Fax)  
enquiry@lsd.lt   
http://www.lsd.lt