G/TBT/N/LTU/31  
 
8 February 2018  
(18-0868) 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 of the Republic of Lithuania, A.Jakšto g. 4, 
LT-01105 Vilnius, LITHUANIA. Tel.: +370 706 63568, Fax: +370 5 2663663, E -mail: 
irena.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: ec-tbt@cec.eu.in t  
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 
Assessment the List of Construction Products Subject to Regulation. (23 page(s), in 
Lituanian)   
6. Description of content: This document represents an update draft for the technical 
regulation notified under G/TBT/N/LTU/6. It does not supersede the existing list of the 
construction products  subject to regulation, but supplements it by newly adopted European 
harmonized standards. The proposed regulation provides technical specifications, 
mandatory essential characteristics and systems of assessment and verification of 
constancy of performance  for a series of construction products, such as a aggregates , 
binders, concrete and mortar, masonry units, thermal insulation products, concrete and 
reinforced concrete, windows and doors, timber structures and products, glass, roof 
coverings and products,  floors, walls and ceilings coverings, waterproofing products, 
sealants, paints, geo -textiles, cables, fire -construction, heating, water supply and 
ventilation devices, reinforcing steel, embedded details, steel structures, road construction 
products, chim neys, waste water treatment facilities, fire fighting systems, fire detection 
and fire alarm systems equipment, stationary fire extinction systems and their 
components, etc. The new draft legislation also sets technical specifications, mandatory 
essential characteristic, and systems of assessment and verification of constancy of 
performance of construction products for which there are no harmonized technical 
specifications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicabl e: The regulation is intended to bring about enhanced harmonization with EU 
legislation on construction products while improving the level of protection for human 
beings and environment.  G/TBT/N/LTU/31  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  The List of Construction Products Subject to Regulation approved 
on 7 February 2017  by the Order No. D1 -123 of the Minister of the Environment 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 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:   
enquiry@lsd.lt