Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Ukraine - Agricultural and forestry vehicles

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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

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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 codes or national tariff lines. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): agricultural and forestry vehicles (HS code(s): 8424; 8432; 8701; 8716)

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Details of notified document(s) (title, number of pages and languages, means of access): Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine "On Approval of the Requirements for Braking Systems for Type Approval of Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles"; (207 page(s), in Ukrainian)

Link to notified document(s) and/or contact details for agency or authority which can provide copies upon request:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_01_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_02_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_03_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_04_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_05_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_06_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_07_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_08_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_09_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_10_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_11_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_12_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/UKR/25_04576_13_x.pdf

https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro-zatverdzhennia-vymoh-do-systemy-halmuvannia-dlia-zatverdzhennia-typu-silskohospodarskykh-i-lisohospodarskykh-transportnykh-zasobiv

Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

Department for Trade Agreements

12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.

Kyiv 01008

Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839

Email: ep@me.gov.ua

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

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Description of content: The draft Order provides for the approval of the Requirements for Braking Systems for Type Approval of Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles that fall under the scope of the Technical Regulation on Types of Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 28 of 12 January 2024.

These Requirements establish specific technical provisions and test procedures regarding functional safety with respect to braking systems and include:

Requirements applying to braking devices and trailer braking couplings;

Requirements applying to testing and performance of braking systems and trailer braking couplings and of vehicles fitted with them;

Requirements applying to the measurement of the response time;

Requirements applying to energy sources and energy storage devices of braking systems and trailer braking couplings and to vehicles fitted with them;

Requirements applying to spring brakes and to vehicles fitted with them;

Requirements applying to parking braking systems equipped with a mechanical brake-cylinder locking device;

Requirements applying to the testing of inertia braking systems, braking devices and trailer braking couplings and of vehicles fitted with them as regards braking;

Requirements applying to vehicles with hydrostatic drive and their braking devices and braking systems;

Requirements applying to the safety aspects of complex electronic vehicle control systems;

Requirements applying to EBS of vehicles with compressed-air braking systems or of vehicles with data communication via pin 6 and 7 of ISO 7638 connector and to vehicles fitted with such EBS;

Requirements applying to hydraulic connections of the single-line type and to vehicles fitted with them.

The results of conformity assessment with the specified requirements are applied for type approval of agricultural and forestry vehicles, their systems, components, and separate technical units in accordance with the above-mentioned Technical Regulation.

The draft Order specifies that the requirements for hydraulic connections of the single-line type and the vehicles fitted with them, as set out in Annex 13 to the Requirements for Braking Systems for Type Approval of Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles, remain applicable until 31 December 2029.

The Requirements have been developed based on Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68 of 15 October 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to vehicle braking requirements for the approval of agricultural and forestry vehicles.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Quality requirements; Harmonization

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Relevant documents:

Laws of Ukraine "On Technical Regulation and Conformity Assessment", "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Implementation of European Union Legislation in the Field of Technical Regulation", "On the System of Engineering and Technical Support for the Agro-Industrial Complex of Ukraine"

Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 28 "On Approval of the Technical Regulation of Types of Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles" of 12 January 2024.

Relevant notifications:

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/237

·_        G/TBT/N/UKR/237/Add.1

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: The Order shall enter into force on the date of its official publication.

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Provision of comments

Final date for comments: 8 September 2025

[X] 60 days from notification

Contact details of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification:

Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

Department for Trade Agreements

12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.

Kyiv 01008

Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839

Email: ep@me.gov.ua

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