. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/15 
17 December 2008  
 (08-6204) 
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:  State Committee on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy 
(Derzhspozhivstandart of Ukraine) 
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):  Gambling machines with 
monetary winnings 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order of 
Derzhspozhivstandart of Ukraine “On Appr oving Rules for Mandatory Certification of 
Gambling machines with Monetary  Winnings,” (39 pages).    
6. Description of content:  The said Rules for Mandatory Cert ification of Gambling machines 
with Monetary Wi nnings establish: 
- terms and definitions applied to characteri stics and functioning of gambling machines; 
- types of gambling machines covered by these Rules; - certification bodies charged with conducting certifications and peri odic inspections of 
gambling machines; 
- technical requirements that gambling machines must meet; - the procedure for conducting certifications and periodic inspections of gambling machines; 
- the procedure for relations between manufacturers and owners of gambling machines on one side and certification bodies, on the other. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
goal of drafting this norma tive act is to ensure the protection of rights and legitimate interests 
of citizens who, in accordance with the es tablished procedure, gamble using gambling 
machines, minimize possible abuse and fraud both during and after gambling and creating 
equal conditions for business s ubjects. The lack of clearly de fined requirements to technical 
characteristics of gambling machines with monetary winnings and to the procedure for 
assessing their conformity to these requirements during manufa cturing and using leaves the 
possibility of abuse and fraud as well as viola ting rights of some citizens and the state as a 
whole.  G/TBT/N/UKR/15 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Laws of Ukraine of 1 June 2000 No. 1775- ІІІ “On Licensing Certain 
Business Activities” and of  23 March 1996 No. 98/96 “On Pa tenting Certain Business 
Activities” as well as “Licensing Terms to  Conduct Gambling Activity” approved by joint 
Order of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the State Committee of Ukraine on Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship of 18 April 2006 № 40/374 (in Ukrainian). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      - 
  2009 
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 Inform ation Processing Centre:  
MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq. Tel. 272 1578, Fax 272 1147 Email: ep@mfert.gov.ua Website where the text is available: http://portal.rada.gov.ua