G/TBT/N/RUS/76  
 
21 September 2016  
(16-5023) 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 : RUSSIAN FEDERATION   
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) :   
2. Agency responsible:  
Eurasian Economic Commis sion 
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation  
Tel: +7(495) 669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495) 669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eurasiancommission.org   
Website : http://www.eurasiancommission.org   
Russian Scientific and Technical Centre for Information on Standardization, Metrology and 
Conformity Assessment (Standartinform, National enquiry point for the TBT Agreement)  
Tel: +7(495) 531 -26-59 
Fax: +7(495) 531 -27-05 
E-mail: info@gostinfo.ru   
Website : http://www.gostinfo.ru   
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if avail able) 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 applica ble, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Agricultural and 
forestry tractors and their trailers  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft  
Amendments No. 1 to the T echnical Regulations of the Customs Union "On safety of 
agricultural and forestry tractors and their trailers" (CU TR 031/2012) (29 pages, in Russian)  
6. Description of content:  Draft  Amendments  No 1 to the Technical Regulations of the 
Customs Union "On safety of agricultural and forestry trac tors and their trailers" 
(CU TR 031/2012) provide the clarification of the application field of the CU TR 031/2012 
and of the conformity assessment procedure of tractors, trailers and components to the 
requirements o f the CU TR 031/2012. Draft   Amendments  No. 1 also provide the 
requirements to the spare components and the requirements to the general safety and to 
the emissions of harmful (pollutants) agents of tractors engines which operates on 
compressed natural gas and liquefied hydrocarbon gas, and the actualization of reference 
standards and of the UNECE Regulations listed in Annexes 1, 4 and 5 of the 
CU TR 031/2012.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
 Draft amendments ¹1 to the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union "On safety 
of agricultural and forestry tractors and their trailers" (CU TR 031/2012): 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/projectsPub
lic.aspx  
 The Technical Regulations of the Customs Union "On safety of  
agricultural and forestry tractors and their trailers"  (CU TR 031/2012): 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Documents/P_60.
pdf 
9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: Not less t han 180 days from adoption of the technical 
regulation   
10. Final date for comments:  10 November 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:  
Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eurasiancommission.org   
Website : http://www.eurasiancommission.org