A brief overview:Fire, Sanitary, Labor Permits in Ukraine and the system in EU and EU Accession Countries

Overview
Outline of product safety regulation and conformity assessment system in EU
Comparison of permits issued by the Ukrainian Labor Protection Department, Fire Department, Sanitary Epidemiological Service and their equivalents in EU accession countries
Based on preliminary analysis conducted by IFC team in Ukraine

General product safety regulation in EU
Basic uniform approaches and requirements established by EU norms
EU regulations – directly applicable
EU directives – transposed in national legislation
based on economic self-regulation concept
As a general rule no permits required for trade of most goods
BUT conformity to certain standards is required –only conforming products can be distributed

General product safety regulation in EU
Overall standards/requirements established in laws (i.e. product should be safe)
Technical standards are elaborated by PRIVATE STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATIONS
BUT public institutions do not assess conformity of goods to technical standards – it is done by PRIVATE CERTIFICATION INSTITUTIONS

General product safety regulation in EU
Sector specific rules govern how a producer proves conformity of his/her products to safety regulations
There are two ways to “CE-marking”:
SELF-ASSESSMENT on the basis of internally conducted control
for certain higher risk products - certification of a product or production processes by an AUTHORIZED CERTIFICATION BODY

Sanitary Epidemiological Service Permits

EU “Food law”
It is regarded simply unfeasible to require permits for all food products although the threat and danger considerations would imply this
Under EU food law:
Notification of location of business involved in “food chain” to the Food service (registration card issued within 10 days)
Preventive permits only for the most critical points in “food chain”
issued within 30 days if all the hygiene conditions are met
hygiene norms apply to premises, employee training, HACCP assessment documentation and self-monitoring system
+ inspection and monitoring to ensure adherence to the overall requirements

Fire Department permits

Fire permits
In UK fire certificates are required for:
larger hotels and boarding houses
those factories, offices, shops and railway premises in which more than 20 people are employed to work
for factory premises where explosive or highly flammable materials are stored or used
unlimited validity unless changes are performed
In Singapore fire certificate is required for:
a public building with an approved occupant load of more than 200 persons
the fire certificate is valid for one year

Labor Protection Department permits

Labor Inspection Permits in Latvia
Licenses for works related to pyrotechnics and explosives
Permit for exploitation of dangerous equipment
Registration of legal entities that perform works (installation, refurbishment, upgrade) related to dangerous equipment – the company must notify the Labor Safety Inspection within 10 days of start/end of operation; inspection sends a statement of registration to the company.
Labor inspection maintains a register of entities subject to its monitoring and control – the information is received from other state registers NOT THE BUSINESSES