Revised Rules for obtaining compulsory insurance for major hazard installations
The revised rules set out requirements for conclusion, amending, extending or terminating a contract for a compulsory civil liability insurance for owners of major hazard installations (the Contract).
The Government has adopted Decree prohibiting sale of goods imitating foodstuffs (i.e. possessing a form, smell, colour, appearance, design, labelling, volume or size of foodstuffs) and posing a threat to the safety or health of consumers, including children, who may confuse these products with foodstuffs.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the final text of the revised Technical Regulation on the Restriction of Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (the Ukrainian RoHS). The TR applies to all equipment listed in Annex 1 to the Technical Regulation.
Adopted methodology for calculating maximum allowable discharges
Starting from 28 February 2017 all organisations belonging to environmental hazard category I or II, discharging polluting substances into water bodies and required to calculate maximum allowable discharges of such substances, must use the adopted methodology for this calculation.
The draft revised medical surveillance procedure for workers is to be adopted in the near future. The public discussion of the revised draft procedure has just been completed and the draft procedure is undergoing the procedure of regulatory impact evaluation. The probability that the current draft of the procedure is around 65%.
What would change if the revised procedure is adopted?
Adopted safety rules for the development of underground minerals
All organisations performing underground mining of ore and non-metallic minerals will have to comply with the adopted safety rules.
The State Duma is to consider a draft law that aims to protect public health from any harmful effects caused by using hookah or electronic cigarettes or any other electronic devices generating aerosol, steam or smoke with the purpose of inhaling.
Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology has signed the Order on the application of the national intra-state standard GOST 33984.1-2016 “Lifts. General safety requirements for the design and installation of lifts. Lifts intended for persons or persons and cargo.”
Amended procedure for used oil treatment
The revised version includes mainly drafting amendments and a revised diagram of the movement of used oil from organisations and physical persons to the centralized collection and processing points as well as to the points of used oil exchange.
Manufacturers and importers of medical devices that submit a registration application for these devices after 24 March 2017, have to ensure that their technical documentation contains all required information, as prescribed by the adopted Order No. 11n dated 19 January 2017. This technical documentation is to be submitted as a part of a registration dossier for any medical devices.
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