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UKRAINE: The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Published the Draft of a Technical Regulation for Electrical and Electronic Equipment

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At the beginning of this month, the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, through a resolution of the cabinet of ministries of Ukraine, released a draft searching for comments “on approval of the technical regulation on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment”. Some of the possible products that this regulation will affect are: computer and telecommunications equipment, lighting equipment, toys and household equipment. The intention of this regulation is to harmonize Ukrainian regulation with European Union technical regulation  about this topic, like the Directive 2011/65/EU. The final date to send comments on the draft is April 4, 2016.