G/SPS/N/UKR/169  
6 January 2022  
(22-0133) 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):  Food products  
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:  The draft Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine 
"On approval of amendments to the Procedures for the State Registration of food 
establishments, maintenance of the State Register of food business operato rs' 
establishments and provision of information from the State Register to the stakeholders" . 
Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  9 
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https://members.wto.org /crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_0111_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_0111_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_0111_02_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The amendments to the Procedures for the State Registration of 
food establishments include:  
- a new version of the application form for the state registration of food establishments;  
- provisions on the cumulative state registration of vehicles used by food business 
operators exclusively for transportation of food prod ucts and conditions under which 
these vehicles are exempt from the state registration;  
- clarification of the deadline for food business operators to apply for the state 
registration of food establishments, change in the deadline for taking a decision to 
register food establishments or to refuse such registration (10 calendar days instead of 
15 working days);  
- the right of food business operators to start the operations of food establishments 
based on the principle of tacit consent, if within 15 working da ys following the 
application for the state registration of the food establishment the competent authority 
has neither taken the decision to refuse the state registration of the food establishment 
nor provided the copy of such decision to the food business operator;  
- provisions on the maintenance of the State Register and introduction of changes to the G/SPS/N/UKR/169  
 
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  State Register by the competent authority in electronic format using its own material 
and technical resources.  
The competent authority provides open and free access to the State Register by publishing 
it on its official website.  
The relevance and feasibility of amendments to the Procedures for the state registration of 
food establishments is related to the need to bring it into line with the provisions of the 
Law of Ukraine "On the Basic Principles and Requirements for Food Safety and Quality" and 
to eliminate differences in the interpretation of the legislation in the process of the state 
registration of food establishments.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
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 stand ard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Law of Ukraine "On the Basic Principles and Requirements for Food Safety and Quality";  
Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 39 of 10 February 2016 
"On Approval of the Procedures for the state registration of food establishments, 
maintenance of the State Register of food business operators' establishments and 
provision of information from the State Register to the stakeholders"  (availabl e 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) : This Order shall en ter into force from the date of its official publication.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 March 2022  
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: