Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Ukraine - Small, medium and large power transformers

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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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:

State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving 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 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 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): Small, medium and large power transformers

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1030 of 26 September 2023"; (1 page(s), in Ukrainian), (1 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1030 of 26 September 2023 "Some Issues of Application of the Technical Regulation on Ecodesign Requirements for Small, Medium and Large Power Transformers during the Martial Law in Ukraine" stipulates that for the period of the martial law in Ukraine and one year from the date of its termination or cancellation, but not longer than until 01 January 2025, Level 2 of ecodesign requirements for transformers set out in Annex 1 to the Technical Regulation, do not apply to power transformers with a rated capacity of no more than 125 MVA, as well as to power transformers in respect of which agreements (contracts) for the production and/or supply were concluded before 13 September 2019, if the terms of such agreements determine the number of power transformers to be produced and/or supplied. The Resolution also stipulates that such transformers, which are or were put into operation during the martial law in Ukraine and within one year from the date of its termination or cancellation, but not later than 1 January 2025, are not subject to state market surveillance.

The draft Resolution "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1030 of 26 September 2023" has been developed to extend the validity of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1030 without determining a specific date, and provides for the exclusion of the words and figures "but not longer/later than 01 January 2025," from its paragraph one of Clause 1 and Clause 2.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Extension of the application of the provisions of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1030 of 26 September 2023 "Some Issues of Application of the Technical Regulation on Ecodesign Requirements for Small, Medium and Large Power Transformers during the Martial Law in Ukraine".

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Relevant documents:

The Law of Ukraine "On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment"

Referenced Notification(s):

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/264

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/264/Add.1

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/124

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/124/Add.1

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/212

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/212/Add.1

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/124/Add.2

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: From the date of its official publication

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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:

Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development

12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.

Kyiv 01008

Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839

Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839

Email: ep@me.gov.ua

Website: https://www.me.gov.ua

https://saee.gov.ua/uk/activity/rehulyatorna-diyalnist (files on the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1030 of 26 September 2023" as of 11 November 2024)

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/UKR/24_07910_00_e.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/UKR/24_07910_00_x.pdf