. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/34 
18 June 2009  
 (09-2986) 
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:  The State Committee for industrial safety, safety at work and mining 
inspection, the State committee for technical regulation and consumer policy (DSSU) 
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 :  WTO National 
Enquiry Point and Information Processing Cent re: Ukraine, MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 
Lvivska Sq., tel. (38044) 272-15-78, Fax ( 38044) 272-11-47, E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua   
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):   
Equipment that works in relatively excess to atmospheric maximum permissible pressure (PS) 
of more than 0.5 bar  (1 bar = 0.1 MPa, 1 bar = 1.02 kgs/cm2):  - vessels which operate under pressure, relatively excess to atmospheric pressure  more than 
0.5 bar;  
 - equipment and machinery to get steam or hot water with a temperature over 110°C, heated 
with flame or in other way and under the ri sk of overheating, or other equipment and 
machinery, if the manufacturer intends to pl ace them on the market and distribute as 
equipment working under pressure;   - pipelines, which operate under pressure;  
 - equipment working under pressure, which has the capacity (V) more than 2 liters and is 
designed to receive steam or hot water with a te mperature over 110 ° C, heated with flame or 
in other way and under the danger of overheati ng, including - all autoclaves and pressure 
cookers;   - units for receiving warm water at a temper ature no higher than 110 ° C, which are provided 
manually with solid fuel and PS * V of which exceeds 50 bar/l;  
 - safety devices and devices which work under pressure, re latively excess to atmospheric 
pressure more than 0.5 bar.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  “Technical regulation 
on equipment which works under pressure”, draft   (63 pages, in Ukrainian).  
6. Description of content:  This technical regulation establishes the types of equipment 
working under pressure, safety requirements for this equipment, conformity assessment 
procedures, marking rules and rules fo r placing the equipment on the market.  G/TBT/N/UKR/34 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the EU legislation on safety of equipment which works 
under pressure.  
8. Relevant documents:   This Technical regula tion is developed in compliance with Directive 
of European Parliament and Council 97/23/EC as of 29 May 1997 (in English). The text of 
the Technical regulation can be found in Ukrainian at: http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-
bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=z0704-04   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      2009 
  2010 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification 
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 National Enquiry Point and Information Processing Centre: Ukraine, MSP 04655, city 
of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq., tel. (38044) 272-15-78, fax (38044) 272-11-47  E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua Website where the text is available: http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-
bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=z0704-04  (in Ukrainian)