Order No. 285 on the package adoption of CEN-CENELEC European normative documents in Ukraine was signed by Oleg Shvydky, head of the national standards body, the Economy Ministry press service said Thursday.
“The adoption and implementation of European standards in the Ukrainian economy will allow faster ratification of the ACAA Agreement, will open new opportunities and prospects for Ukrainian business,” the statement said.
As it was specified in the press-service, national standardization body of Ukraine with support of Ministry of economy carried out work with European experts of CEN-CENELEC on actualization of base of European standards and studying of legal bases, what provided an opportunity of package adoption of European standards in Ukraine as national.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) European Committee for Standardization in Electrotechnics (CENELEC) together form a European system of technical standardization. Standards agreed by these agencies are regularly adopted in many countries outside Europe that follow European technical standards.
