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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/LTU/20 
11 January 2013  
 (13-0163) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  LITHUANIA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
The Ministry of Environment of  the Republic of Lithuania, 
A. Jakšto str. 4/9, LT-01105 Vilnius,  LITHUANIA, Tel.:  +370 706 63567,  
Fax:  +370 5 2663663, Email:  mailto:i.urnikiene@am.lt  
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 above :   
EC TBT Enquiry Point:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
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 applicable, 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 for Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the Approval of Technical 
Regulation for Construction STR 1.01.04:2013 "A ssessment Verification and Declaration of 
the Constancy of Performance of Constructi on Products for which No Harmonised Technical 
Specifications Exist. Designation of Testi ng Laboratories and Ce rtification Bodies" 
(8 pages, in Lithua nian and English). 
6. Description of content:  Draft Technical Regulation fo r Construction STR 1.01.04:2013 
"Assessment, Verification and De claration of the Constancy of  Performance of Construction 
Products for which No Harmonised Technical Sp ecifications Exist. Designation of Testing 
Laboratories and Certific ation Bodies" esta blishes systems of constanc y of performance of the 
construction products not covere d  by harmonised technical sp ecifications  also provides 
relevant declaration form of performance of such products, the procedure for designation of 
testing laboratories and cert ification bodies and requireme nts for the bodies seeking 
designation.  G/TBT/N/LTU/20 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The Regulation of the Europ ean Parliament and of the Council No 305/2011 laying down 
harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products a nd repealing Council 
Directive 89/106/EEC provides th at starting from 1 July 2013 c onstruction products covered 
by a harmonised standard or conforming to  a European Technical Assessment shall be 
marketed according to the provisions of the Regulation (EU) No 305/2011.  
To comply with EU legislation and to determ ine marketing of the construction products not 
covered by harmonized standard or Europ ean Assessment Document, draft STR 1.01.04:2013 
from 1 July 2013 will supersede STR 1.01.04: 2002 Construction pr oducts. Conformity 
assessment and 'CE' marking"  and STR 1.03.02:2008 "Declaration of conformity of 
construction products". 
8. Relevant documents:   The List of Construction Products  Subject to Regulation, approved 
annually by the Order of the Minister of the E nvironment of the Republic  of Lithuania (latest 
edition - Valstybės žinios  (Official Gazette) No 89-4665, 2012).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not specified 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation  by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   enquiry@lsd.lt