G/TBT/N/UKR/196  
8 July 2021  
(21-5395) 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 Infrastructure 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 ab ove:  
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):  Railway 
rolling stock and railway infrastructure  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Technical Regulation on 
railway infrastructure safety and t he Technical Regulation on railway rolling stock safety" 
(19 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Resolution is aimed to specify the scope of the 
Technical Regulations, to regulate at the legislative level the possibility of applying 
conformity assessment modules in the sphere of railway transport while assessing the 
conformity of products f or infrastructure and rolling stock of railway transport, approved 
by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 3 October 2018 No. 797, as 
well as bring a sample of the declaration of conformity with the requirements of the 
Technical regulat ions. In addition, the draft Resolution proposes to establish additional 
requirements for the extension of the service life of freight cars after the end of their 
service life established by the manufacturer.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
Draft Resolution provides for:  
• ensuring the conditions necessary for the ability to assess compliance with the 
requirements of technical regulations;  
• application of unified procedures for assessing the conform ity of products for 
railway infrastructure and rolling stock;  
• improving the safety and reliability of passenger and freight railroad 
transportation and the transportation system as a whole.  
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Law of Ukraine "On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment" (available 
in Ukrainian)  
• Law of Ukraine "On state market supervision and control of non -food 
products"(available in Ukrainian)  
• Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On conformity ass essment in 
the sphere of railway transport", No. 797 of 3 October 2018 (available in 
Ukrainian)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  8 months from the date of adoption  
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 of the Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments 
to the Technical Regulation for the safety of railway transport Infrastructure and the 
Technical Regulation for the safety of railway rolling stock" is available in Ukra inian on 
the official web -site of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine by the following link:  
https://mtu.gov.ua/news/32789.html