. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/14 
17 December 2008  
 (08-6203) 
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:  State Committee on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy 
(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):  Cable and conductor 
products, industrial pipeline fittings. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Executive Order 
of Derzhspozhivstandart of Ukraine “On Introduci ng Changes to the List of Products Subject 
to Mandatory Certification in Ukraine,”  (4 pages). 
6. Description of content:  The said regulatory act envisions the introduction in Ukraine of a 
mandatory certification of cable and conductor products and industrial pipeline fittings and 
the establishment of obligatory requirements to  these products. In conducting a mandatory 
certification of cable and c onductor products and industrial pipeline fittings, conformity 
certificates will be issued specifying informa tion regarding the safety of the products in 
accordance with current normative documents  in Ukraine, which would ensure their 
increased, in partic ular, fire safety.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
conceptual goal on which the draft regulatory ac t is based is to incr ease government control 
over the quality of cable and conductor products  and industrial pipeline fittings and enhance 
responsibility of manufacturers and suppliers in accordance with  requirements established by 
current normative documents of Ukraine. Given the imperfect current legislation in the field 
of technical regulation,  imports of low-quality cable products  to the Ukrainian market will 
grow. This growth may be curbed by transf erring the conformity assessment procedure of 
these products from the field not regulated by  law to the field regulated by law. The 
introduction of this normative act would allo w creating uniform competitive conditions for 
domestic and foreign manufacturers.  G/TBT/N/UKR/14 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 10 May 1993 
No. 46-93 “On Standardization and Certification,” Law of Ukraine “On Transport,” “On 
Pipeline Transport,” Order of Derzhspozhivsta ndart of Ukraine of 1 February 2005 No. 28 
“On Approving the List of Products Subject to Mandatory Certification in Ukraine” 
(registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine 4 May 2005 No. 446/10746 (in Ukrainian).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      - 
  2009 
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 Email: ep@mfert.gov.ua Website where the text is available: http://portal.rada.gov.ua