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Notifying Member: Ukraine

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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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:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Electrical equipment used at rated voltage from 50 V to 1000 V of AC current and from 75 V to 1500 V of DC current

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On approval of the Technical Regulation of Low-Voltage Electrical Equipment" (39 pages, in Ukrainian)

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Description of content: The Draft Technical Regulation sets substantial requirements with which electrical equipment should be in conformity, responsibilities of the producers, authorized representatives, importers and distributors of electrical equipment, conformity assessment procedures and also conduction of state market supervision.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The Draft Resolution aims for harmonization of national legislation with relevant European Union laws concerning technical regulation, in particular the Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 (hereinafter – the Directive 2014/35/EU) on harmonization of the legislation of the Member-States relating to the making available on the market of the electrical equipment designated for use within certain voltage limits, which cancels the Directive 2006/95/EC since 20 April 2016.

Currently, the Technical Regulation of low-voltage equipment, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1149 of 29 October 2009, which was adopted with consideration of provisions of the Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006, is efficient.

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Relevant documents: The Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26/02/2014 on harmonization of the legislation of the Member-States relating to the making available on the market of the electrical equipment designated for use within certain voltage limits (in English).

The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No.1149 of 29.10.2009 (notified G/TBT/N/UKR/81 of 10 July 2012, in Ukrainian).

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Proposed date of adoption: 20 April 2016

Proposed date of entry into force: In 6 months upon the date of its official publication, but not before the Law of Ukraine " On technical regulations and conformity estimation"of 15/01/2015 124-VIII becomes efficient, consequently not before 10 February 2016.

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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 of the Draft Resolution is available in Ukrainian on 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=c696cfc9-bf71-450b-8da3-a1d85ea76b20&title=ProektPostanoviKabinetuMinistrivUkraini-proZatverdzhenniaTekhnichnogoReglamentuNizkovoltnogoElektrichnogoObladnannia