Conformity Assessment in the Field of Railway Transport. Conformity Assessment Modules. Aspects of Executing Technical Documentation

In accordance with the Law of Ukraine On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment, the activities of all parties involved in placing products on the Ukrainian market, introducing them into the market or putting them into operation should be aimed primarily at protecting human, animal and plant life and health, preserving the environment and natural resources, ensuring energy efficiency, protecting property, ensuring national security and preventing business practices that mislead consumers (users). In order to fulfil this task, the law provides for the assessment of product compliance with the requirements of technical regulations, which is an important aspect of the legally sound system of technical regulation in Ukraine. The provisions of this law, which apply to all products on the Ukrainian market, including railway transport products, stipulate that technical regulations that provide for the application of conformity assessment procedures generally contain either the conformity assessment procedures themselves, which must or may be applied to assess the conformity of products with the technical requirements set out in the technical regulations, or, if such proce-dures are approved by other regulatory acts, references to them. Since, pursuant to Resolution No. 377 dated April 04, 2025 «On Amendments to Clause 2 of Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 53 dated January 26, 2022», the implementation of amendments to technical regulations in the field of railway transport has been postponed, there is an opportunity to consider some aspects of assessing the conformity of products with the requirements of technical regulations by applying modules. The article provides a theoretical view of the requirements stipulated by each module with regard to the content and scope of technical documentation to be prepared to confirm the conformity of products with the requirements set for them. In addition, the article provides a comparative analysis of the requirements set out in the Decision of the European Commission of November 9, 2010 No. 2010/713/EU «On modules for conformity assessment, fitness for use and EU verification procedures to be used in technical specifications for interoperability adopted by Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council» with the requirements approved in Ukraine «Conformity assessment modules in the field of railway transport», approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 797 of October 3, 2018. Two technical regulations were adopted to implement the requirements of the law in the field of railway transport: The Technical Regulations on the Safety of Railway Transport Infrastructure, approved by CMU Resolution No. 49 on July 11, 2013, and the Technical Regulations on the Safety of Railway Transport Rolling Stock, approved by CMU Resolution No. 1194 on December 30, 2015, as well as the Conformity Assessment Modules in the field of railway transport, approved by CMU Resolution No. 797 on October 3, 2018.