. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/13 
17 December 2008  
 (08-6202) 
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 Nuclea r Regulation of Ukraine 
(Derzhatomreguliuvannia), Stat e Committee on Technical Regul ation 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):  Sealed sources of ionizing 
radiation 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  “Technical Regulations 
on Sealed Sources of Ionizing Radiation” approve d by Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine of 5 December 2007, No . 1382, Kyiv (18 pages).    
6. Description of content:  These Technical Regulatio ns determine main re quirements to sealed 
sources of ionizing radiation with  respect to ensuring radiation protection of personnel and the 
population, the natural environment against ionizi ng radiation, classifi cation of sources of 
ionizing radiation, rules for their marking as we ll as procedures for a ssessing conformity of 
such sources to the establis hed requirements and the proc edure for their application.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adapting Ukraine’s legislation to that of the European Union on safe use of sources of 
ionizing radiation, to norma tive acts of Member-States.  
8. Relevant documents:   The said Technical Re gulations take account of some provisions of 
Council Directive 2003/122/Euratom of 22 December 2003 on the control of high-activity 
sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources (in English); Laws of Ukraine “On Conformity 
Assessment” (2406-14), “On St andardization,” (2408-14), “On Accrediting Conformity 
Assessment Bodies” (2407-14), “On Standards,  Technical Regulations and Conformity 
Assessment Procedures” (3164-15) , “On Using Nuclear Energy and Radiation Safety,” “On 
Protecting People Against Ionizing Radiation, ” Decrees of the Cabi net of Ministers of 
Ukraine of 24 January 2007,  No. 59 “On Approving the Procedure for Designating Bodies for Assessing Conformity of Pr oducts, Processes and Services to  Requirements of Technical 
Regulations” of 29 November 2001, No. 1599 “On Approving the Description and Rules of G/TBT/N/UKR/13 
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  Applying the National Conformity Mark” of 7 October 2003, No. 1585 “On Approving 
Technical Regulations on Conformity Assessm ent Modules and Requirements to Applying 
the National Conformity Mark that are Used in Technical Regulations” (in Ukrainian).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      - 
  2012 
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