G/TBT/N/LTU/21  
 
12 April 2013  
(13-1917)  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:   
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania 
A. Jakšto str. 4/9, LT-01105 Vilnius 
LITHUANIA,  
Tel.:  +370 706 63585  
Fax.:  +370 5 2663663,  
E-mail:  d.cergelis@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 :   
EU TBT Enquiry Point:  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 Law on 
Amendment of the Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 29, 36, 39, 40, 41, 43(1), 47 
and of the Annex 2 to the Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania (9 pages, in 
Lithuanian and English).  
6. Description of content:  The draft law establishes marketing conditions for construction 
products based on the principles of the EU Regulation 305/2011 laying down harmonized 
conditions for marketing of construction pr oducts and repealing Di rective 89/106/EEC. It 
also takes over its basic products, such as performance of construction products, 
assessment and verification  of constancy of performance, responsibility of the 
manufacturer for the conformity of the construction product with its declared performance, etc. G/TBT/N/LTU/21 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Compliance with EU legislation.  
The objective of the draft law is to amend the Law on Construction of the Republic of 
Lithuania taking in to account the requ irements of the EU Regulation 305/2011.  
Application of basic provisions of Regulation is delayed until 1 July 2013.  Up to this date 
the Council Directive 89/106/EEC and its national transposition (Law on Construction of the 
Republic of Lithuania) is valid. After the Construction Products Directive is repealed the 
respective provisions of the constructions products currently in force will be withdrawn providing references to the regulation wherever requires. It will continue to regulate the 
conditions of marketing of the construction products for which harmonized technical 
specifications are not available. Most of such provisions are the subject of the proposed draft law.  
8. Relevant documents:   Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania ( Valstybës žinios  
(Official Gazette) No 32-788, 1996; No 101-35 97, 2001). The List of Construction Products 
Subject to Regulation, approved annually by the Order of the Minister of the Environment 
of the Republic of Lithuania (latest edition - Valstybës žinios  (Official Gazette) No 89-4665, 
2012). Draft Order of the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania on the approval of the Technical Construction Re gulation STR 1. 01.04:2013 "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".     
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not specified 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulation  by WTO  Secretariat 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:   
enquiry@lsd.lt