G/SPS/N/UKR/144  
 
24 February 2020  
(20-1366) 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 for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture 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):  Organic pro ducts  
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:  Draft Order of the Ministry for Development of 
Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine "On Approval of the Procedure for Conducting 
the List of Foreign Certification Authorities" . Language(s):  Ukrainian . 
Number  of pages:  7 
http://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=b16fa12b -c479-46c9-bc4d-
6500fcec3c91&title=ProektNakazuMinisterstvaRozvitkuEkonomiki -
TorgivliTaSilskogoGospodarstvaUkrainiproZatverdzhenniaPoriadkuVedenniaPerelikuOrga
nivInozemnoiSertifikatsii  
 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UKR/20_1344_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UKR/20_1344_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UKR/20_1344_02_x.pdf  
6. Description o f content:  The Draft Order establishes the mechanism for recognition of 
certificates of organic production and/or organic products turnover that have been issued 
under the legislation other than Ukraine's.  
Thus, the certificate approving the production and/or turnover of organic products under 
the legislation other than the legislation of Ukraine that had been issued by foreign 
certification authority for the purpose of import or export will be recognized in Ukraine if 
such authority listed in  the foreign certification authority List, that is conducted by the 
State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.  
To be included in the foreign certification authority List the importer or exporter shall 
submit a free -form application fo r registration in the abovementioned List to the 
State  Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.  G/SPS/N/UKR/144  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  The goals of state regulation of this sphere are:  
− introduction of the List of foreign certification bodies;  
− promoting the development and transparency of the organic market;  
− increasing consumer confidence in imported organic products;  
− establishment of opportunities for Government to establish an effective system of 
protection of consumers of organic products;  
− improving the image of Ukraine as a reliable producer of organic products at the 
interna tional level.  
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.  Terrestrial 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:  The Law 
of Ukraine "On Basic Principles and R equirements for Organic Production, Turnover and 
Labelling of Organic Products".  (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : The Draft Order comes into force from the date of its official 
publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulat ion of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 April 2020  
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: