. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/UKR/75 
4 April 2012  
 (12-1803) 
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 :    
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):  Syringes 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order of Ministry 
of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine,  “on "Amendment to the list of products 
which are subject to compulsory certification in  Ukraine".  (The list of products, which are 
subject to compulsory certif ication" approved by the Orde r of the State Committee for 
Technical Regulation and Consum er Policy of 1 February 2005 No. 28), (2 pages, in 
Ukrainian). 
6. Description of content:  Draft order provides amendments to  Section 8 "Medical equipment" 
paragraph 8.11 "Syringes" of  the list of products, which are subject to compulsory 
certification, approved by the State Commi ttee for Technical Re gulation and Consumer 
Policy of 1 February 2005 No. 28, on the repl acement of GOST (Na tional standard) 24861-81 
to harmonized DSTY GOST 24861:2009 (National standard). 
The necessity for amending the li st of products, which are subjec t to compulsory certification, 
is the abolition of GOST (Na tional standard) 24861-81 "Injec tion syringes of single use. 
Types, basic characteristics and si zes. General techni cal conditions". 
Instead of GOST (Nationa l standard) 24861-81, in 2011 was enacted DSTY GOST 
24861:2009 (National standard) "Injection syring es of single use. General technical 
conditions". 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
main objectives of the draft order are to bri ng the list of products, which are subject to 
compulsory certification in Ukraine, in co nformity with releva nt national standards.  G/TBT/N/UKR/75 
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8. Relevant documents:   "The list of products, which are su bject to compulsory certification"  
Order of the State Committee for Technical Re gulation and Consumer Policy of 1 February 
2005 No. 28 ( http://zakon3.rada.gov.ua /laws/show/z0466-05/page ); Decree of the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine No. 46-93 of 10 May.1993 on "standardization and certification" (in 
Ukrainian).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
From the date of its official publication 
10. Final date for comments:  13 April 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:  +38044 596 68 39 Email:  mailto:ep@me.gov.ua   
Internet address where the text is available:  
http://www.me.gov.ua/control/uk/publis h/article?art_id =179572&cat_id=32862  
(in Ukrainian)