G/TBT/N/LTU/46  
19 April 2022  
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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 of the Republic of Lithuania  
A. Jakšto str. 4, LT -01105 Vilnius, Lithuania  
Tel.: +370 706 63661, Fax: +370 5 2663663  
E-mail: lina.lekunaite@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:   
National WTO TBT Enquiry point  
Lithuanian Standards Board  
Algirdo street 31, 03219 Vilnius, Lithuania  
Telephone: (+370) 5 279 1152; mobile: (+370) 6 58 60308  
E-mail: aurelija.jeleniauskaite@lsd.lt  (cc: enquiry@lsd.lt ) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ],3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
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 of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania "On Exceptional Requirements 
Applicable to the Market of the Republic of Lithuania for the Supply of Construction 
Produ cts Listed in the List of Regulated Construction Products" (1 pages, in Lithuanian).; 
(1 page(s), in Lithuanian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft order specifies the access of the construction products 
of the non -harmonized area specified in Item 1 of  the draft order to the market of the 
Republic of Lithuania. The specified construction products that do not have harmonized 
technical specifications may be placed on the market of the Republic of Lithuania without 
being certified by a certification body e stablished in the Republic of Lithuania until 1 
January 2023 and until 1 June 2023 may be used in construction, but:  
- the country of origin and / or registered manufacturer of the specified construction 
products may not be the Russian Federation or the Re public of Belarus;  
- when supplying the specified construction products to the market of the Republic of 
Lithuania, the manufacturer or distributor of the construction product shall ensure that 
these construction products are certified in at least one cert ification body designated or 
accredited by the European Union countries or the European Free Trade Association;  G/TBT/N/LTU/46  
 
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  - submit a declaration of performance, which must contain the information specified in 
sub-paragraph 3.2 of the draft order;  
- the manufacturer evaluates the essential characteristics of these construction products 
according to the purpose of use of the construction product in accordance with the Order 
No. of 24 January 2022 of the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania. D1 -
15 Inform ation on the Approval of the List of Regulated Construction Products in the 
Approved Annex, Sub -paragraphs 19.2, 19.4 (Column 4);  
- by signing the declaration of performance, the manufacturer assumes responsibility for 
the compliance of the construction pr oduct with the declared performance.  
The amendment to the order was adopted in view of the fact that the Russian Federation 
was carrying out a military attack on Ukraine, which is in line with military aggression 
under international law, and the Republic o f Belarus involvement in the attack, and due 
to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/355 of 2 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 
765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus, to ensure 
that these countries are not directly or in directly financed by the Republic of Lithuania 
and the European Union, state enterprise Construction Products Certification Center 
suspended validity of certificates of constancy of performance of construction products, 
certificates of conformity of (inter nal) production control of construction products 
(hereinafter - certificates). Therefore The Ministry of Environment has prepared an order 
considering the problems and proposals raised by market participants, which facilitates 
the access of non -harmonized construction products to the market of the Republic of 
Lithuania during the transition period.  
Given the urgency and complexity of the situation, legislation should be assessed as a 
matter of urgency.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The draft order has been prepared in order to liberalize the supply of non -
harmonized construction products to the market of the Republic of Lithuania.  
8. Relevant documents:  The Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania, the List of 
Construction Products Subject to Regulation approved on 24 January 2022 by the Order 
No. D1 -15 of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, The Law on 
Construction of the Republic of Lithuania, Technic al 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 la boratories and certification bodies. 
National Technical Assessments and designation and notification of Technical Assessment 
Bodies".  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  As soon as possible in April 2022.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  As soon as possible in April 2022.  
10. Final date for comments:  3 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National WTO TBT Enquiry point  
Lithuanian Standards Board  
Algirdo street 31, 03219 Vilnius, Lithuania  
Telephone: (+370) 5 279 1152; mobile: (+370) 6 58 60308  
E-mail: aurelija.jeleniausk aite@lsd.lt  (cc: enquiry@lsd.lt )