. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/17 
17 December 2008  
 (08-6206) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UKRAINE
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of transport a nd communication of Ukraine 
(“Mintranszviazku”), the State committee for technical regulation and consumer policy (DSSU) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and web-site 
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 [   ], 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):  Nautical equipment 
intended for placement on the board of ve ssels sailing under Ukraine's national flag 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Technical regulation 
for nautical equipment”, approved by resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 
5 September 2007 # 1103, Kyiv (7 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This Technical regulation sets fort h safety requirements for nautical 
equipment and procedures for assessment of conf ormity with these requirements, defines the 
rules for marking and entering into  circulation of such equipment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Approximation of the legislation of Ukraine to  the legislation of the European Union and 
regulatory – legal acts of EU Member States de aling with issues of safe use of nautical 
equipment and meeting the requirements of inte rnational conventions to which Ukraine is a 
party.  
8. Relevant documents:   The said Technical regulation conforms to the Council Directive # 
96/98/ EU of 20 December 1996 on vessel equi pment (in the English language); Laws of 
Ukraine "On conformity asse ssment" (2406-14), "On standa rdization”  (2408-14), “On 
accreditation of conformity  assessment bodies” (2407-14),  "On standards, technical 
regulations and conformity a ssessment procedures" (3164-15), Resolution of Verkhovna Rada 
of Ukraine of 17 November 1992 # 2785-XII “On Ukraine’s accession to the 1972 
Convention for International rules for preventing vessel collision at sea”, resolutions of the 
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 21 Sept ember 1993 # 773 “On Ukraine’s accession to the 
1966 International convention on cargo mark as amended in 1971, 1975, 1979 and 1983”, of 
21 September 1993 # 771 “On Ukraine’s accession to the 1973 International convention for G/TBT/N/UKR/17 
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  prevention of sea vessel pollution, and 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990 and 1992 amendments and 
1978 Protocol thereof”, of 26 June 1992 # 350 “On Ukraine’s accession to the 1981, 1989 and 
1990 amendments and the 1988 Protocol for th e 1974 International convention on protection 
of human life at sea”, of 24 January 2007 # 59 "On approval of the Procedure for 
implementation of the procedure for appointi ng bodies for assessment of conformity of 
products, processes and services to requirements of technical regulations", of 29 November 
2001 # 1599 "On approval of the description and rules for application of the national conformity mark", of 7 October 2003 # 1585 "O n approval of the Technical regulation’s 
modules for conformity assessm ent and requirements concerning application of the national 
conformity mark, which are used in technical re gulations", Order of the Ministry of transport 
of Ukraine of 14 July 2003 # 531 “On approval of the Instructions for approval of the types of 
ship radio and navigation equipment”, registered wi th the Ministry of justice of Ukraine on 29 
July 2003 under # 653/7974, which applies only to  ship radio and navigation equipment (in 
Ukrainian language). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }2011 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
WTO Enquiry Point and Info rmation Processing Centre 
MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq. 
Tel.: 272 15 78 
Fax: 272 11 47  E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua  Website where the text is available: http://portal.rada.gov.ua