G/SPS/N/UKR/171  
 
30 May 2022  
(22-4087) 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 Health 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):  Water for drinking  
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 of Health of Ukraine 
"On Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine of 12 May 2010 
No. 400". Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  48 
https://moz.gov.ua/article/public -discussions/proekt -nakazu -moz-ukraini -pro-vnesennja -
zmin-do-nakazu -ministerstva -ohoroni -zdorov%e2%80%99ja -ukraini -vid-12-travnja -2010-
roku--400 
6. Description of content:  The draft Order provides for a new version of the State sanitary 
standards and regulations "Hygienic requirements for drinking water for human 
consumption" State sanitary rules and norms 2.2.4 -171-10, approved by the Order of the 
Ministry of Health of Ukraine of 12 May 2010 No. 400 (with amendments) and notified to 
the WTO by the doc uments G/SPS/N/UKR/49 and G/SPS/N/UKR/70. The relevant 
amendments also include introduction of new indicators of quality and safety of drinking 
water; approval of indicative parameters of quality and safety of drinking water; drafting 
of production control  (monitoring) program based on risk assessment.  
The draft Order is intended to improve the legal requirements for quality and safety of 
drinking water in accordance with the requirements of the EU  legislation, in particular the 
Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage fr om 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) :  G/SPS/N/UKR/171  
 
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  [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:  Laws of 
Ukraine "On Drinking Water, Drinking Water Supply and Drainage", "On Ensuring Sanitary 
and Epidemic Welfare of the Population"  (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) : From the date of its official public ation, except for Table 7 of Annex 1 that 
will enter into force as of 12 January 2026; Item 8 of Table 1, items 4,  21, 26, 28, 29, 32 
and 37 of Table 2, item 7 of Table 4 of Annex 1, which  will enter into force as of 1 June 
2027. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 July 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: