G/TBT/N/UKR/157  
4 December 2019  
(19-8344) 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 for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture 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 if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Textile 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Draft Order 
of the Minist ry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine "On 
approval of the Technical Regulation on textile fibers names and appropriate labeling and 
marking of the content of raw materials components of textile products" (112 page(s), in 
Ukrainian ) 
6. Description of content:  This Regulation lays down rules concerning the use of textile 
fibre names and related labelling and marking of fibre composition of textile products, 
rules concerning the labelling or marking of textile products containing non -textile parts 
of animal origin and rules concerning the determination of the fibre composition of textile 
products by quantitative analysis of binary and ternary textile fibre mixtures  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The Draft Order is aimed to provide accurate information to consumers and 
bring the provisions of the Technical Regulation into compliance with the Regulation (EU) 
№ 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 S eptember 2011 on 
textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile 
products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 
2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.; Consumer i nformation, 
labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
Law of Ukraine "On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment" (available in 
Ukrainian)  G/TBT/N/UKR/157  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Order will come into force simultaneously with 
the cancellation of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 14 January 
2009 No. 13 "On Approval of the Technical Regulation on Textile Names and Textile 
Labeling", but not before the day o f its official publication  
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:   
The text is available in Ukrainian on the official web -site of the Ministry for Development 
of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine:  
http://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=e1e110d4 -8fa3-4db2-bef5-
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