. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KGZ/1 
19 June 2007 
 (07-2600) 
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:   KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economic Development and Trade 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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):   - 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
Title: Law on the Fundamentals of Technical Regulation of the Kyrgyz Republic  
(Law #67 dated 22 May 2004)  
Languages:   [x]  Kyrgyz and Russian (35 pages, in Russian) 
  [x] English (unofficial translation)   
6. Description of content:   The Law establishes the legal f undamentals of technical regulation 
in the following fields: 
• Development, adoption, applicati on and implementation of mandatory  requirements for 
products, production processes and methods, a nd their storage, transportation, sale, 
exploitation and disposal;  
• Development, adoption, applicati on and implementation of voluntary  requirements for 
products, production processes and methods; their storage, transportation, sale, 
exploitation and disposal; and for service activities; 
• Conformity assessment; 
• Responsibilities of parties. 
The Law does not affect state educational st andards, or rules (standards) on bookkeeping 
and audit activities, securities issues and circ ulation, professional activity in securities 
market, and appraisal activities. Requirements for use and management  of radio frequency 
spectrums are established and regulated by Communications legislation. 
Section I.  General Provisions 
Section II.  Technical Regulations Section III.  Standardisation Section IV.  Conformity G/TBT/N/KGZ/1 
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  Section V.  Accreditation 
Section VI.  State Supervision/Surveillance Section VII.  Responsibility and Procedures Us ed in Cases of Non-compliance with the 
Requirements of Technical Regulations 
Section VIII.  Information on Technical Re gulations and Documents on Standardisation 
Section IX.  Financing in the Area of Technical Regulations 
Section X.  Final and Transitional Provisions 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To set a modern framework for technical regulation as part of the move to a market 
economy.  To progressively harmonise Kyrgyzstan ’s regulation with international technical 
regulation directives, and to replace many prescriptive standards with voluntary ones. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law on the Fundamentals of Technical Regulation of the Kyrgyz 
Republic  (Law #67 dated 22 of May 2004) 
Original Russian/Kyrgyz version available on website below. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }22 May 2004  Law #67 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Technical Regulation and Conformity Assessment Enquiry Point 
Technical Regulation Department Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Government of the Kyrgyz Republic  
Tel: +(996) 312 621190/625263 
Fax: +(996) 312 661837 Email: UTR307@yandex.ru Website: www.minpromtorgtur.kg or www.toktom.kg