THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE  
RESOLUTION  
No.856 
of 24 September 2008  
Kyiv  
On Approval of Technical Regulations on Appliances 
Burning Gaseous Fuels  
In accordance with Article 14 of Law of Ukra ine "On standards, technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures" th e Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine resolves to :  
1. Approve the Technical regulati ons on appliances burning gaseous fuels, which are attached.  
2. Designate the Ministry of Industrial Policy as  agency responsible for implementation of the 
Technical regulations appr oved by this resolution.  
3. This resolution shall take effect as of 1 January 2009.  
   
Prime Minister of Ukraine   Y.TIMOSHENKO   
 
 
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 APPROVED 
by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 24 September 2008 # 856  TECHNICAL REGULATIONS 
on appliances burning gaseous fuels  
General part  
1. These Technical regulations set forth requirements to appliances burning gaseous fuels 
(hereinafter - the appliances), their safety, to th e procedure for assessment of conformity to such 
requirements, and set forth requirements relating to labeling and introduc tion of the appliances 
into circulation.  
2. In these Technical regulations the terms shall be used in the following meaning:  
gaseous fuel - any fuel that under the temperature of 15° C and under pressure of 1 bar is in the 
gaseous state;  
introduction into circulation – initial placement of the appliance on domestic market (or its 
delivery for designated use) regardless of th e appliance being new or fully repaired;  
use – intended use/operation of  the appliance unde r conditions specified by the producer.  
Other terms are used as defined in Laws of Uk raine "On standardizatio n", "On verification of 
conformity", "On accred itation of conformity assessment aut horities", "On sta ndards, technical 
regulations and conformity assessment procedures".  
3. These Technical regula tions shall apply to:  
the appliances that are used for cooking, lighti ng, cooling, washing, heating and obtaining hot 
water (temperature of the media or hot water should not exceed 105° C);  
burners with forced draft and warming or heating equipment that is equipp ed with such burners;  
safety devices, controlling or  regulating devices and units (i n particular, energy dependent), 
intended for use in appliances or during their asse mbly (hereinafter – appliance component parts) 
that are sold through a retail network (except for burners with forced draft and warming or 
heating equipment provided with such burners).  
4. These Technical regulations shall not apply to app liances that are intended  for use in industrial  
processes and are not sp ecified in section 3.  
General requirements to appliances  
5. In the course of designing the appliances it is necessary to ensure their reliability and safety 
for people, domestic animals and property.  
6. In the course of preparation of an appliance for introduction into circulation it will be 
necessary to:  
affix to it a table containing technical data;  
put the warning text/instructions directly on the appliance and its packaging.  The appliance shall be accompanied by the instruc tions relating to its assembly, instructions 
concerning operating and t echnical maintenance.  
7. Instructions concerning assembly must cont ain information relating to mounting, regulation 
and servicing of the appliance, specifying:  
type of the used gaseous fuels;  
pressure under which gaseous fuels must be supplied;  
volume of the air to be supplied in the burning chamber and prevention of incomplete burning 
gaseous mixtures in the appliance not equipped w ith the device specified in section 21 of these 
Technical regulations;  
requirements concerning discharge/ removal of products of burning.  
In case of an appliance equipped with the burner with the forced draft or a warming or heating 
equipment with such a burner, the instructions  must be accompanied by its characteristics, 
assembly requirements and, if required, the list of the recommended by the producer options for 
connecting certain appliances  to other appliances.  
8. Operating instructions and instructions concerning techni cal maintenance must contain 
information required for safe ope ration of the applian ce, in particular, concerning limitations 
relating to its operation.  
9. The technical data plate must contain:  
trade mark or name/title of the producer;  
conventional mark of the appliance;  type of gaseous fuels;  
nominal pressure of gaseous fuels;  
nominal heating capacity of the appliance;  serial number under the produ cer’s numbering system;  
production month and year;  
the national mark of conformity, identification number of the designated conformity assessment 
authority.  
If an appliance includes energy-dependent devi ces or units, the plate must contain additional 
information concerning nominal voltage and pow er consumed by such appliances or units, 
electric current type symbol and degr ee of protection of the appliance.  
10. The warning signs/messages put directly on th e appliance and its pack aging must include all 
restrictions relating to the ope ration of the appliance and, depe nding on the intended use and/or 
design of the appliance, may include informa tion required for assembling the appliance.  Requirements to materials used for production of appliances  
11. Materials that are used for pr oduction of appliances or com ponent parts thereof are required 
to conform to the intended desi gnated use and to be capabl e of withstanding mechanical, 
chemical and heating impacts involved in the in tended operation of the appliances. Materials 
which may be in contact with food products and drinking water should not worsen the quality of 
such products and water.  
The said properties must be gua ranteed by the producer or supplie r of appliances and must be 
ensured during the entire usable  period of the appliances.  
Requirements to the des ign of appliances  
12. In the course of designing an appliance it will be necessary to:  
make sure that under normal operating conditions  there can be no unstabl e operation or break 
down, inadequate operation of safety devices, pene tration of water or excessive amount of air 
into the chamber for burning of gaseous fuels;  
minimize the risk of explosion due to fire from outside sources;  
to ensure safe operation of the appliance equipped with energy-dependent devices or units in the 
event of outage or vol tage fluctuations;  
take measures to prevent break-down of safety, controlling or regulating device which can cause 
danger for people, domestic animals and property;  
to ensure a safe level and limite d consumption of gaseous fuels during the first ignition, second 
ignition of the burner and after the shut-down of  burning to prevent dangerous accumulation of 
un-burnt gaseous fuels in the device, and to make sure that the condensate formed at the time of 
the first ignition and/or during th e operation would not affect safe  operation of the appliance;  
to ensure cross-ignition of the appliance’s burner,  smooth first ignition or repeat ignition of the 
burner of the appliance and guarant eed steadiness of the flame;  
to prevent inadmissible concentration of harmfu l for the health of people and domestic animals 
substances in the burning products, as well as ac cidental accumulation of  products of burning;  
to ensure rational use of the energy released  due to the burning of gaseous fuels.  
13. In the process of the designing  of appliances equipped with ga s ducts it will be  necessary to 
prevent, on condition of weak draf t, a leak in the residential space of products  of burning in 
hazardous concentration.  
14. Autonomous household heating appliances and r unning water heaters not equipped with air 
ducts should not allow accumulation in the reside ntial space of products of  burning in hazardous 
concentrations.  Requirements to the design of co mponent parts of appliances  
15. In the course of designing the component parts of  the appliance it is nece ssary to ensure their 
conformity to applicable technical requirements as provided for in the in structions concerning 
assembly, regulation, operation and servicing of component parts.  
16. All component parts of the app liance shall be required to w ithstand mechanical and thermo 
impacts in the process of operati on without deformation thereof.  
17. If the design of the applianc e includes safety and controlling devices, operation of the safety 
device may not be blocked by the controlling device.  
18. Component parts of the applianc e that are installed or regulat ed at the stage of production, 
and which will not be accessible for the assembly operator or the user, are required to have 
proper protection.  
Levers and handles used to se t the operation regime for the a ppliance must be market. The 
marking information must include clear instructions regarding un acceptability of an error during 
the setting of the regime of the operation of the applianc e, and the design of the appliance should 
ensure that errors of th e user are impossible.  
19. Component parts of the appliance that are locat ed in close proximity to the floor or other 
surfaces may not get heated to the temp erature hazardous for the environment.  
Temperature of the surface of levers and hand les that set the regime of operation of the 
appliance, of the surface of outside component parts of the appliance (except for surfaces 
intended for convection of heat) und er regular operating conditions must be safe for the user.  
Requirements relating to emission or leakage of un-burnt gaseous fuels  
20. Appliances which are intended for operation in closed spaces must be equipped with a sensor 
detecting dangerous accumulation of un-burnt gaseous fuels.  
Operation of appliances not equi pped with such a device is allowe d only in places where there is 
sufficient ventilation preventing dangerous accumulation of un-burnt gaseous fuels.  
Sensors of dangerous accumulation of un-burnt gaseous fuels must be  installed in all large-scale 
kitchen appliances and in appliances burni ng gaseous fuels involving toxic components.  
A conformity assessment procedure 
21. Assessment of conformity of a ppliances to requirements of th ese Technical regulations shall 
be carried out by the producer, or  his authorized representative , or supplier responsible for 
introduction of the appliance into circulation,  using conformity assessment procedures in 
accordance with the Technical regulations m odules for assessment of conformity and 
requirements relating to applicat ion of the national mark of c onformity, which are used in 
technical regulations, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 7 
October 2003 # 1585 (Official gazette of Ukraine, 2003, # 41, p. 2175).  
For purposes of assessment of conf ormity of mass production applianc es there will be used at the 
choice of the producer module B (type examina tion) in combination with module C (type conformity) or module D (assurance of production process quality), or module E (assurance of 
product quality), or module F (product examination).  
Assessment of conformity of sma ll-scale or individual production a ppliances shall be carried out 
in accordance with module G (individual product unit examination).  
22. Component parts of the appl iance shall be subject to th e procedure of assessment of 
conformity carried out in accordance with sec ond paragraph of section 21 of these Technical 
regulations, without affixing the national mark of  conformity, and in particular cases without 
preparation of the declar ation of conformity.  
Certificate of conformity of component parts of the appliance must state conformity thereof to 
the requirements of these Technical regulations, sp ecified characteristics and assembly procedure 
for such parts.  
Certificate of conformity of component parts of th e appliance shall be attached to the certificate 
of conformity of the appl iance that is being introd uced into circulation.  
23. In the event where the appliances are subject to other technical regula tions, their conformity 
to principal requirements of such technical regulations shall be subject to verification in accordance with the procedure of  assessment of conformity (second and third paragraphs of 
section 21) of these Technica l regulations and applicable procedure of other technical 
regulations.  
24. After completing the conformity assessment pr ocedures the producer , or his authorized 
representative, or suppli er responsible for introduction of th e appliance into circulation, shall 
prepare a declaration of conformity using the form presented in the annex and shall affix to the 
appliances the national mark of conformity in  accordance with the requirements specified in 
section 27 of these T echnical regulations.  
25. Producer, or its authorized representative, or supplier responsible for introduction of the 
appliance into circulation, shall:  
keep copies of the certificate of conformity and copies of the decl aration of conformity together 
with the technical documentation during 10 years following the production of the last appliance 
and provide them for examination in  cases specified by legislation;  
bear responsibility in accordance with legi slation for performing conformity assessment 
procedures in conformity with  these Technica l regulations.  
26. Technical documentation on the appliance must  contain descriptions of all stages of 
designing, manufacture and operati on, and enable assessment of its conformity to requirements 
of these Technical regul ations and include:  
general description of  the appliance;  
description of the desig n, drawings and charts;  
descriptions and clarifications concerning draw ings and charts that c oncern operation of the 
appliance;  the list of national standards, which in case of implementation se rve as proof conformity of the 
appliance to requirements of these Technical regulations;  
information concerning draft estimates and the tests;  
report on the tests of  the appliance;  
assembly, operation and technical  servicing instructions.  
If necessary, technical documentation may be co mplemented by certificates of conformity of 
component parts of the appliance,  certificates for manufacture and/ or control of pr oduction of the 
appliance.  
Labeling of the appliances  
27. To the appliance, conformity of which is verifi ed as required, the pro ducer or his authorized 
representative shall affix the national mark of conformity which shall be placed on the technical 
data plate next to the identification number of  the designated conformity assessment authority 
specifying the last two digits of the year  in which the conformity was verified.  
It shall not be allowed to affix to an applianc e a mark which may be mi staken for the national 
mark of conformity.  
28. In the event where it is esta blished that the national mark of conformity is applied in 
violation of the requireme nts of the legislation, the producer, or  his authorized representative, or 
supplier responsible for introduction of the appliance into circulati on, shall be required to take 
measures to terminate the violation, bring the appliance into conformity with requirements 
specified in these Technical regulations, and ve rify this conformity in accordance with the 
established procedure.  
   
  
 
 
 
 
DECLARATION 
of conformity  
______________________________________________________________________________________
                     ( f u l l  n a m e  o f  t h e  p r o d u c e r  of the appliance, or his authoriz ed representative, or supplier, 
______________________________________________________________________________________
                                                        location and codes under EDRPOU - if available)
represented by 
________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                                                       (job title, surname, first and second name of the produc er, 
______________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                         a u t h o r i z e d  r e p r e s e n t a t i v e ,  s u p p l i e r )
confirm that ________________________________________________________________________
                                                                 ( f u l l  n a m e  o f  t h e  a p p l i a n c e  b u r n i n g  g a s e o u s  f u e l s ,
______________________________________________________________________________________,
                                                                     or its component parts, type, make, model)
which is produced on the basis o f 
__________________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                   (name/title and denomination of technical do cumentation)
______________________________________________________________________________________,
conforms to the Technical regulations in compliance with 
__________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                (name of regulatory documents)
______________________________________________________________________________________.
Technical documentation on the applia nce that is burning ga seous fuels (component pa rts of the appliance), 
designed in accordance with requiremen ts of these Technical regulations. 
Certificate of conformity of the appliance (compone nt parts of the appliance) - if available: # 
__________________ ______________________________________ _______________________________________________
                                                   (date of registration)                                                                     (period of effectiveness)
______________________________________________________________________________________.
                                          (name and location of the designated conformity assessment authority) 
Protocol of the tests of the ap pliance (component parts of the a ppliance), carried out (if required)
______________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                       ( n u m b e r  o f  t h e  p r o t o c o l ,  d a t e  o f  t h e  e x e c u t i o n  o f  t h e  p r otocol, 
______________________________________________________________________________________.
                                   name/title and location of the designated conformity assessment authority) 
This declaration is prepared  under the full responsibility 
of_________________________________________ Annex 
to the Technical regulations                                                                                                                                          (full name of the producer, 
______________________________________________________________________________________.
                                                       or his authorized representative, or supplier)  
 
 
_________________________________________
(job title of an individual who prepared the declaration)  ___________________ 
(signature)  _____________________
(initials and surname)  
 
 
Place of seal  
___ ____________ 20__  Place for the mark concerning registration  
of the declaration   
 
 
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