G/TBT/N/UKR/106  
 
8 February 2016  
(16-0821)  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: The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Electrical and electronic 
equipments 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: The Draft 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Technical Regulation on 
the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment" (42 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The Draft of the Technical Regulations provides the 
establishment of restriction for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and 
electronic equipment such as: household eq uipment; computer and telecommunications 
equipment; household appliances; lighting equipment; toys, leisure and sports equipment; automatic dispensers; monitoring and control instruments.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The Draft Resolution aims for harmonization of national legislation with 
relevant legislation of the European Union concerning technical regulation, in particular the 
Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on 
harmonization of the legislation of the Member-States relating to electrical and electronic equipment, which cancels the Directive 2002/98/EC since 27 January 2003.  
Currently, the Technical Regulation of electrical  and electronic equipment, approved by the 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uk raine No. 1057 of 3 December 2008, is in force 
and which was adopted with consideration of provisions of the Directive 2002/95/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on harmonization of the laws 
of the Member-States relating toelectrical and electronic equipment. 
8. Relevant documents: The Directive 2011/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in 
electrical and electronic equipment. G/TBT/N/UKR/106 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: Not available 
Proposed date of entry into force: In 6 months upon the date of its official publication   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
The text is available at the official web-site of the Ministry of Economic Development and 
Trade of Ukraine: 
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