G/TBT/N/UKR/225  
5 September 2022  
(22-6609) 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:   
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Electrical 
and electronic equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution 
of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Technical regulation on the 
restriction of the use of certain hazardous subst ances in electrical and electronic 
equipment"; (8 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Resolution provides for the extension the validity of 
certain exceptions to the restrictions set out in Annexes 3 and 4 to the Technical 
Regulati on on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and 
electronic equipment and, approved by the Resolution of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
of March 10, 2017 No. 139, and supplements them with new exceptions.  
In addition, it provides for the establishment of a clear validity period for certain 
exceptions to the restrictions specified in Annexes 3 and 4 to the Technical Regulation, 
which would provide legal and temporal certainty of the regulation.  
The draft Resolution is devel oped in order to bring the provisions of the Technical 
Regulation in compliance with the requirements of the Directive 2011/65/EU 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 by amending the 
Annexes accordingly.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Law of Ukraine "On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment", available in 
Ukrainian  G/TBT/N/UKR/225  
 
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  Resolution of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of March 10, 2017 No. 139 "On approval of 
the Technical regulation on the restriction of the use of certai n hazardous substances in 
electrical and electronic equipment" (as amended)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  from the date of its official publication  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The text is available in Ukrainian at the official web -site of the Ministry of Economy of 
Ukraine: https://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=38fa6eeb -4319-47a3-
8f43-a43587a42a48&title=ProektPostanoviKabinetuMinis trivUkraini -
proVnesenniaZminDoTekhnichnogoReglamentuObmezhenniaVikoristanniaDeiakikhNebez
pechnikhRechovinVElektrichnomuTaElektronnomuObladnanni - 
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