. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/18 
23 February 2009  
 (09-0930) 
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, the State Committee for 
Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy (DSSU) 
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 [   ], 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):  Electric and electronic 
devices; Large domestic equipment; Small do mestic equipment; Telecommunication and 
information processing equipment; Consumer  equipment; Illuminating equipment; Electric 
and electronics instruments; Toys, athletic a nd rest facilities; Automa tic devices for products 
assignment and dosing.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  “Technical Regulation 
on restrictions as to the use of some dangerous  substances in electric  and electronic devices” 
approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 3 December 2008 
No. 1057 (9 pages, in Ukrainian).  
6. Description of content:  This Technical Regulation defines the main requirements as to the 
use of some dangerous substances  in electric and elec tronic devices and main restricting as to 
the use of dangerous substances. The Regulation provides the list of electric and electronic 
devices for which the provisions of the Regula tion are in force. It also determines the 
permissible limits of dangerous su bstances in this equipment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Adaptation of Ukrainian legislati on to EU legislation in part wh ere it relates the use of some 
dangerous substances in elec tric and electronic devices.  
8. Relevant documents:   European Parliament and Eu ropean Union Council Directive 
2002/95/EC dated 27 January 2003; 
Laws of Ukraine "On confirmation of co mpliance" (No.2406-III, of 17 May 2001), "On 
standardization" (No.2408-III, of 17 May 2001), "On standards, technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures" (N o.3164-IV, of 1 December 2005)   G/TBT/N/UKR/18 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }2011 
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 National Enquiry Point & Information Processing Centre 
04655, Kyiv, Lvivska Square, 8 Tel. (38044) 272 1578, fax (38044) 272 1147 
E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua 
Internet address where the text is available: http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/c gi-bin/laws/main.cgi
 (in Ukrainian)