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Description of content: It
should be noted that draft Order of the Minister for Environment of the
Republic of Lithuania amending the Order No D1-901 of the Minister for
Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 10 December 2015 approving the
Technical Construction Regulation STR 1.01.04:2015 „Assessment, verification
of constancy of performance of construction products for which there are no
harmonized technical specifications and declaration of performance of such
products. Designation of testing laboratories and certification bodies.
National Technical Assessments and designation and notification of Technical
Assessment Bodies" was notified by The European Commission, the Member
States and the World Trade Organization (draft legal act No. 2018/272/LT and
G/TBT/N/LTU/33). The notification procedure ended on September 18, 2018. The
European Commission and the Member States did not have any comments.
This draft order proposes to supplement paragraph 16, which would
provide a corresponding exemption for access to the market of non-harmonized
construction products in the market of the Republic of Lithuania for a
transitional period.
The amendment to the order was adopted in view of the fact that the
Russian Federation was carrying out a military attack on Ukraine, which is in
line with military aggression under international law, and the Republic of
Belarus involvement in the attack, and due to Council Regulation (EU)
2022/355 of 2 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning
restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus, to ensure that
these countries are not directly or indirectly financed by the Republic of
Lithuania and the European Union, state enterprise Construction Products
Certification Center suspended validity of certificates of constancy of
performance of construction products, certificates of conformity of
(internal) production control of construction products (hereinafter -
certificates). Therefore The Ministry of Environment has prepared an order
considering the problems and proposals raised by market participants, which
facilitates the access of non-harmonized construction products to the market
of the Republic of Lithuania during the transition period.
Given the urgency and complexity of the situation, legislation should
be assessed as a matter of urgency.
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