The bill (Reg. No. 4954) was elaborated in order to establish on the
basis of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, which is an integral
part of the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, the only legal
and organizational basis for the activity in the sphere of technical regulations
by consolidating provisions of the laws “On Conformity Assessment” and “On
Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformance Evaluation Procedures”, as
well as the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of 10/05/1993 No. 46-93 “On
Standardization and Certification” is a separate legislative act.
Having discussed the bill, Committee members stressed the necessity of
its adoption.