G/TBT/N/UKR/120

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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

1. / Notifying Member: Ukraine
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):
2. / Agency responsible: The 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 [X], 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): Toys
5. / Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Technical Regulation on the safety of toys" (51 page(s), in Ukrainian)
6. / Description of content: The Draft of the Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to the safety of toys, theirplacing on the market on the territory of Ukraineand definesthe obligations of economic operators(manufacturers, authorized representatives, importers, distributors); the essential safety requirements for toys; the provisions on the presumption of conformity, state market surveillance; requirements for drawing up a declaration of conformity, product marking, conformity assessment bodies.
7. / Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The Draft Resolution has been developed with the aim toharmonizenational legislation with the relevant legislation of the European Union, in particular the Directive 2009/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009, which was amended since 2012.
The existing Technical Regulation on the safety of toys, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No 515 of 11 July 2013,was adopted with taking into consideration the provisions of the Directive 2009/48/EU of the European Parliament, but without amendments which were introduced after the adoption of the Technical Regulation.
8. / Relevant documents: The Draft Resolutionhas beendevelopedtaking into account theprovisions of the Directive 2009/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as Law of Ukraine "On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures"
9. / Proposed date of adoption: December 2017
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months from the date of official publication
10. / Final date for comments: 60 days from notification
11. / Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:
The text is available at the official web-site of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine:
http://www.me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk-UA&id=fc671486-58af-4b2d-9f26-39ddf05b1903&title=ProektPostanoviKabinetuMinistrivUkraini-proZatverdzhenniaTekhnichnogoReglamentuBezpechnostiIgrashok-