G/SPS/N/UKR/172  
 
30 May 2022  
(22-4089) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Livestock establishments, live animals, their reproductive materials  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
"On approval of the Procedure for state registration of livestock establishments and market 
operators" of 19 April 2022 (Resolution No. 461) . Language(s):  Ukraininan . Number of 
pages:  11 
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/461 -2022-%D0%BF#top  
6. Description of content:  The Resolution approves the Procedure for state registration of:  
• livestock establishments intended for keeping, breeding, rearing of domestic terrestrial 
animals, bees, aquaculture facilities, collection, production, processing of reproductive 
material, as well as other livestock establishments not subject to approval in 
accordance with Article 43 of the Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary Medicine";  
• market opera tors engaged in activities related to transportation of domestic ungulate 
animals for export; collection of domestic ungulate animals and/or poultry without use 
of establishments, including market operators engaged in the sale or purchase of these 
animals.  
The Resolution aims to define the Procedure for state registration of livestock 
establishments and market operators, implementation of EU legislation requirements, 
in particular Regulation (EU) No 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases, to the legislation of Ukraine.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/UKR/172  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terre strial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law of 
Ukraine "On Veterinary Medicine" of 4 February 2021, No. 1206  (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 April 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 20 April 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 21 March 2023  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: