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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/UKR/81 
10 July 2012  
 (12-3698) 
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 Economic Development and Trade 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 :   
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str., Kyiv, 01008  Tel./Fax:  +38044 596 68 39 Email:  ep@me.gov.ua  
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):  Low voltage electrical 
equipment 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution of the 
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On amendments  to regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers 
of Ukraine N°1149" of 29 September 2009 (12 pages). 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Resolution provides a new version of Technical 
Regulations on Safety of Low voltage electric al equipment, establis hing requirements for the 
Low voltage electrical equipment and its circulation in Ukraine.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
main purpose of the Draft resolution is to revi ew the Technical Regulations on Safety of Low 
voltage electrical equipment to comply with th e provisions of the Directive of the European 
Parliament and Council of 12 December 2006 2006/95/EU on harm onization of the laws of 
the Member States relating to electrical equipment intended for use in certain voltage ranges.  G/TBT/N/UKR/81 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
The Directive of the European Parliament  and Council 2006/95/EU of 12 December 2006 on 
the harmonization of Member Stat es legislation concerning elec trical equipment designed for 
use within certain volt age range (in English); 
Laws of Ukraine "On standards,  technical regulations and conf ormity assessment procedures" 
and "On conformity assessment" , "On the general safety of Non-Food products ", "On State 
Market Supervision and control of Non-Food products"; 
Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukra ine "On Approval of description and rules for 
National conformity mark usage" N° 1599 of 29 November 2001, "On Approval of the 
Technical Regulation of Conf ormity Assessment Modules" N° 1585 of 7 March 2003, "On 
Approval of the Appointment Procedure of  Bodies of the Technical Regulations 
Requirements Conformity Asse ssment of Products,  Processes and Services " N° 59 of 
24 January 2007, "On approval of the list of state market surveill ance and areas of 
responsibility" N° 573 of 1 June 2011, "On Tech nical Regulation approval on Safety of Low 
voltage electrical equipment" N° 1149 of 29 October 2009 (in Ukrainian). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    2012 
6 months from the date of its official publication
10. Final date for comments:  8 August 2012 
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:    
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str., Kyiv, 01008 Tel./Fax:  +38044 596 68 39 
Email:  ep@me.gov.ua   
Internet address where the text is available (in Ukrainian): 
http://www.me.gov.ua/file/ link/184233/file/Postanova.doc