. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/4 
17 December 2008  
 (08-6186) 
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:  Ministry of Industrial Policy of  Ukraine (MIP), State Committee on 
Technical Regulation and Consumer Polic y (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):   
Detergents: 
- detergents intended for washing or cleaning and put into circulation in the territory of 
Ukraine for use by consumers; - auxiliary detergents intended for pre-soaki ng, rinsing or bleaching articles of fabric; 
- fabric softeners used in processe s that are auxiliary to washing; 
- substances for cleaning materials, articles, mechanisms, mechanical devices, vehicles and 
auxiliary equipment, tools, apparatu s, etc. intended for household use; 
- other preparations intended for use in  the course of washing and cleaning. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  “Technical Regulations 
on Detergents” approved by Decree No. 717 of 20 August 2008, of the Cabinet of Ministers 
of Ukraine (11 pages).       
6. Description of content:  These Technical Regulations provi de terms and their definitions 
related to detergents, their marketing pro cedures, restrictions based on the biological 
decomposition ability of surface-active substanc es, information that must be disclosed by 
detergent manufacturers, contro l measures, the conformity assessment procedure, rules for 
marking and introducing products into circul ation, testing methods and the biological 
decomposition ability of surface-active substa nces in detergents as well as regulates 
supervision over observance  of requirements of these Technical Regulations.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adapting Ukraine’s legislation to that of the Eu ropean Union where it relates to the safe use 
of detergents and procedures for assessing c onformity of products to normative acts of EU 
Member-States.   G/TBT/N/UKR/4 
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  8. Relevant documents:   The said Technical Regulations  conform to Regulations of the 
European Parliament and Council of the European Union 648/2004 of 31 March 2004 “On 
Detergents” (in English); Laws of Ukraine “On Conformity Assessm ent” (2406-14), “On 
Standardization,” (2408-14), “On Accrediting Conformity Assessmen t Bodies” (2407-14), 
“On Standards, Technical Regu lations and Conformity Asse ssment Procedures” (3164-15), 
“On Protecting Consumer Rights” (1023-12), Decr ees of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
of 24 January 2007, No. 59 “On Approving th e Procedure for Designating Bodies for 
Assessing Conformity of Products, Processes and Services to Requirements of Technical 
Regulations" of 29 November 2001, No. 1599 “O n Approving the Description and Rules of 
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 E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua,  
Website where the text is available: http://portal.rada.gov.ua