. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/LTU/14 
16 April 2009  
 (09-1813) 
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:  LITHUANIA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Environment   
A.Jaksto g.4/9 
LT-01105 Vilnius 
LTHUANIA  Tel.: +370 5 2663568   Fax:+370 5 2663663   E-mail: i.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.int
 
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 on the List of Construction Produ cts Subject to Regulation (21 pages, in 
Lithuanian) 
6. Description of content:   
This document represents an update draft for the technical regulation notified under 
G/TBT/N/LTU/7. It does not supersede the existi ng list of the construction products subject to 
regulation, but supplements it by newly a dopted European harmonized standards. The 
proposed  regulation provides  technical  specif ications, mandatory esse ntial requirements and 
conformity assessment sche mes for a series of    construc tion  products, such as aggregates, 
binders, concrete and mortar, masonry units , thermal insulation pr oducts, concrete and 
reinforced concrete, windows and doors, timber structures and pr oducts, glass, roof coverings 
and products,  floors, walls a nd ceilings coverings, waterproof ing products,  sealants, paints, 
geo-textiles, fire-construction, heating, water supply and    ventilation  devices, reinforcing G/TBT/N/LTU/14 
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  steel,  embedded details,  steel structures, road construction products,  chimneys, waste water 
treatment facilities, fire fighting systems, fire detection and  fire alarm systems equipment, 
stationary fire extinct ion systems  and their  components, etc.   
The new draft adjusts conformity assessment schemes for the construction products for which 
harmonized standards ar e not yet available. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
The regulation is intended to bring about e nhanced harmonization w ith EU legislation on 
construction products while improving the le vel of protection for human beings and 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:    
Regulation STR 1.01.04:2002 Cons truction products. Attestation of conformity and "CE" 
marking . Regulation STR 1.03.02:2008 Conformity declaration of construction products.   
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 po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   enquiry@lsd.lt