G/TBT/N/LTU/27  
 
21 September 2015  
(15-4832)  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: 
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania 
A. Jaksto str. 4/9, LT-01105 Vilnius, Lithuania 
Tel.: +370 706 63585, Fax.: +370 5 2663663 
E-Mail: dainius.cergelis@am.lt   
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 : 
EC TBT Enquiry Point: ec-tbt@cec.eu.int   
National TBT Enquiry Point: enquiry@lsd.lt   
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): Construction products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Law of the 
Republic of Lithuania amending and supplementing Articles 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 141, 
15, 18, 181, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 381, 39, 40, 41, 42, 431, 45, 47, 49, 52, 541, 542, 543, 55 of the Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania No I-1240 (hereinafter – the Draft Law) (28 pages, in Lithuanian) 
6. Description of content: The aim of the Draft Law is to solve practical problems 
encountered during the application of the Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania 
(hereinafter – the Law on Construction), accelerate the investment process, to create 
preconditions for a unified understanding of the construction process among all the participants of this process, to liberalize individual stages of the construction process 
thereby reducing the bureaucratic burden on businesses, municipalities, supervisory 
authorities, to elaborate the qualification requirements of the construction process 
participants, to provide additional guarantees to the builder (client), to supplement the 
obligations of manufacturers of the construction products belonging to a non-harmonized 
area, to perform certain editorial changes.  G/TBT/N/LTU/27 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The Draft Law is notified in the light of the fact that it is proposed to amend 
paragraphs 3 and 17 of Article 18 of the Law on Construction regulating rights and 
obligations of the manufacturer, importer and distributor of the construction products 
belonging to a non-harmonized area. It is proposed to supplement paragraph 3 of Article 18 of the Law on Construction with the provisio n that the product type of the construction 
product belonging to a non-harmonized area is determined by its manufacturer. The Draft 
Law foresees changes of editorial nature of paragraph 17 of Article 18 setting out the principal of mutual recognition in the area of construction products.  
8. Relevant documents: The Law of Ukraine "On conformity assessment" of 17 May 2001 
2406-III, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree "On Standardization and Certification" of 10 May 1993 46-93, the Cabinet of Minist ers of Ukraine Decree "On Approval of 
Technical Regulation on requirements for motor gasoline, diesel, marine and boiler fuel" of 
1 August 2013 927. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: – 
Proposed date of entry into force: –  
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: enquiry@lsd.lt