. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/UKR/62 
26 September 2011  
 (11-4628) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine 
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 :    
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):  Agricultural or forestry 
tractors (HS code heading 8701 90, 8701 30), thei r trailers (HS code heading 8716 20 00 00,  
8716 31 00 00) and interchangeable towed machin ery (HS code heading 8432), together with 
their systems, components and separate technical units. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Technical 
Regulation on type-approval of agricultural or  forestry tractors, their trailers and 
interchangeable towed machinery, together wi th their systems, components and separate 
technical units, (28 pages, in Ukrainian) 
6. Description of content:  The proposed Technical Regul ation establishes mandatory 
requirements for the safety of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and 
interchangeable towed machinery, together wi th their systems, components and separate 
technical units and obligatory conditions for put ting vehicles into circulation in Ukraine.  
Technical Regulation stipulates procedure for type approval, pr ocedure for granting certificate 
of conformity and meets the basic requiremen ts of Directive 2003/37/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on  type-approval of agricultural or forestry 
tractors, their trailers and interchangeable to wed machinery, together with their systems, 
components and separate technical uni ts and repealing Directive 74/150/EEC. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the EU legislation relating to the  type-approval of 
agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers  and interchangeable towe d machinery, together 
with their systems, components and separate technical units.  G/TBT/N/UKR/62 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive  2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council  
of 26 May 2003on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and 
interchangeable towed machinery, together wi th their systems, components and separate 
technical units and repealing.   
Directive 74/150/EEC Laws of Ukraine "O n conformity assessm ent" (2406-14), "On 
standards, technical regulat ions and conformity  assessment procedures" (3164-15)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not yet determined  
Six months after day of publication 
10. Final date for comments:  14 November 2011 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
WTO National Enquiry Point & Information Processing Centre 
04655, Kyiv, Lvivska Square, 8 
Tel.:  272 1147, Fax 272 1578 E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua  
Internet address where the text is available: 
http://www.minagro.kiev.ua/page/?12052  (in Ukrainian)