G/TBT/N/LTU/26  
 
7 September 2015  
(15-4587)  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: 
Ministry of Environment 
A. Jaksto g.4/9 
LT-01105 Vilnius Lithuania 
Tel.: +370  706 63568 
Fax:+370 5 2663663 E-mail: irena.urnikiene@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 Order  of the 
Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the approval of the Technical Construction Regulation STR 1.01.04:2015 "Assessment, verification of constancy of 
performance of construction products for which there are no harmonized technical 
specifications and declaration of performance of such products. Designation of testing laboratories and certification bodies. National Technical Assessments and designation and 
notification of Technical Assessment Bodies" (hereinafter STR 1.01.04:2015) (34 pages, in 
Lithuanian) 
6. Description of content: STR 1.01.04:2015 establishes: the systems of assessment and 
verification of constancy of performance of construction products for which there are no harmonized standards or European Technical Assessments (hereinafter ETA); the form of 
declaration of performance of such products; the procedure for designation of testing 
laboratories and certification bodies and re quirements for the bodies intending to be 
designated; main requirements for the preparation, approval, registration, reproduction and publishing of National Technical Approvals of construction products for which there are 
no harmonized standards or European Technical Assessments; procedures for the 
designation of Technical Assessment Bodies (her einafter TABs) seeking to be designated in 
the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with the Law on Construction of the Republic of 
Lithuanian and (or) the Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (hereinafter the 
Regulation (EU) No 305/2011) to prepare and issue the relevant National Technical 
Assessments (hereinafter NTA) and (or) the ETAs, the procedures of monitoring of their activity and competence.  G/TBT/N/LTU/26 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The Draft Order is prepared with the aim to consolidate and make clearer, 
more transparent the legal regulation in the following areas: assessment, verification of 
constancy of performance of construction products for which there are no harmonized 
standards of ETAs, declaration of performance of such products; designation of testing laboratories and certification bodies; preparation, approval, registration, reproduction and 
publishing of NTAs; procedures for the designat ion of TABs seeking to be designated in the 
Republic of Lithuania in accordance with the Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuanian and (or) of the Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 to prepare and issue the relevant 
NTAs and (or) the ETAs; the procedures of mo nitoring of the activity and competence of 
TABs. 
8. Relevant documents: The Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania, the List of 
Construction Products Subject to Regulation  approved on 28 January 2015 by the Order 
No. D1-80 of the Minister of the Enviro nment of the Republic of Lithuania. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Not specified 
Proposed date of entry into force: Not specified   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days after circulation by WTO  Secretariat 
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