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ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/UKR/87/Add.1
9 February 2001
(01-0641)
Working Party on the
Accession of UkraineOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF UKRAINE
Enforcement of the Schedule for the Approval of the
Draft Laws in the Trade Field by the Supreme
Rada of Ukraine for 2000-2001
Addendum
The following information has been submitted by the Government of Ukraine with the request
that it be circulated to WTO Members.
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І. ECONOMIC POLICY AND GENERAL TREATMENT IN GOODS TRADE
1. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Economic Activity”;
2. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Certain Laws of Ukraine on Regulation of Cars Market in
Ukraine”;
3. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Revoking Section II of the Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Certain
Legislative Acts on Issues Related to Taxation of Goods and other Items Imported into Ukraine”;
4. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On the Regulation of Barter Transactions in
Foreign Economic Activity”.1. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
2. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2134-III of
7 December 2000); new amendments to the law
are under consideration in the relevant ministries
3. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
4. Approved by the Supreme Rada (2035-III of
5 October 2000)
1. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On the Value Added Tax”;
2. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Entrepreneurship” - replaced by the draft
Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Enterprises in Ukraine";
3. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and Criminal Procedural Code of
Ukraine on Responsibility for Deceit of a Buyer or Consumer”;
4. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Mortgage”;
5. Draft Tax Code of Ukraine;
6. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Issues Related to
Taxation”;
7. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Immovable Property (Real Estate) Tax”;
8. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Physical Persons Income Tax”;
9. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the Grounds of the State Regulatory Policy in the Field of Entrepreneurial
Activity”;
10. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Tax System”;
11. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Excise and Import Duty Rates”;
12. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Leasing”;
13. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Accreditation of Bodies for Conformity Assessment”;
14. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Confirmation of Conformity”;
15. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Standardization”;
16. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On the Quality and Safety of Food Products
and Food Raw Materials”;
17. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Safety of Industrial Products”;
18. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the Responsibility of Suppliers for the Output and Sale of Low Quality and
Hazardous Produce”;
19. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Foreign Investment Regime”;
20. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine “On Entrepreneurship” (on1. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2199-III of
21 December 2000)
2. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
3. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
4. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the second
reading
5. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
6. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
7. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
8. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the second
reading
9. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
10. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
11. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2137-III of
7 December 2000 and No. 2138-III of7 December 2000)
12. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
13. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
14. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
15. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
16. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
17. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
18. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
19. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
20. Under consideration in the relevant ministriesWT/ACC/UKR/87/Add.1
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licensing of the international transportation of passengers and cargo by railway, automobile, air, river and sea
transport and internal transportation of passengers by the automobile transport);
21. The Judicial Code of Ukraine; 21. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
22. Draft Customs Code of Ukraine;
23. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Economic Competition”;22. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
23. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
24. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On State Regulation of Import of
Agricultural Produce”;
25. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Revoking the Law of Ukraine “On Export Duty Rates for Seeds of Certain Oil
Crops”;
26. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Revoking the Law of Ukraine “On Export Duty for Live Cattle and Lather Raw
Materials.”
27. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Unified Customs Tariff.”24. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
25. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
26. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
27. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the third
reading
ІІ. PRIVATIZATION
1. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine “On Privatization of the State-
Owned Property” and the Law of Ukraine “On the List of the State-Owned Objects which are not Subject toPrivatization”;
2. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Property Fund”;
3. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2001”;
4. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On the Budget System of Ukraine.”
5. Draft Law of Ukraine “On privatization of small state enterprises.”1. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
2. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the third
reading
3. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2120-III of
7 December 2000)
4. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
5. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
ІІІ. LEGAL RELATIONS IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTION AND TRADE WITH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
1. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On State Regulation of Import of
Agricultural Produce”;
2. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the Fixed Agricultural Tax”;
3. Draft Land Code of Ukraine;
4. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Revoking the Law of Ukraine “On Export Duty Rates for Seeds of Certain Oil
Crops”;
5. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Revoking the Law of Ukraine “On Export Duty for Live Cattle and Leather Raw
Materials”;
6. Draft Law of Ukraine :On Fish, Sea Products and Produce Thereof”;
7. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Fish Industry”;
8. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Certain Legislative Acts on Issues Related to Veterinary
Medicine”;
9. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Infringements” (on1. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
2. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
3. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
4. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
5. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
6. Under consideration in the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy
7. Under consideration in the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy
8. Under consideration in the relevant ministriesWT/ACC/UKR/87/Add.1
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responsibility for infringements of the laws on issues related to livestock breeding);
10. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Agreements Related to a Land Share”;
11. Draft Decree of the President of Ukraine “On the Main Grounds for Development of the Social Field in the
Country”;
12. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Settlement of Indebtedness under the Budget Loans Granted to the Reorganized
Agricultural Enterprises Through Servicing, Procuring and Processing Organizations”;
13. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Agricultural Cooperation”;
14. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Stimulation of the Development of Agriculture for 2001-2004”;
15. Draft Concept of the Law of Ukraine “On Grain”;
16. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Seeds”;
17. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On Peculiarities of Privatization
of the Property in the Agroindustrial Complex”;
18. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Land Rents in Ukraine”;
19. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Infringements on the
Establishment of the Responsibility for Infringements of the Laws on the Bee-keeping”;
20. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Private Peasant Farming”;
21. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Legal Protection of Selection Achievements in Livestock”;
22. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Land Cadastre”;9. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
10. Approved by the Supreme Rada on
18 January 2001
11. Signed by the President (No. 1356/2000 of
20 December 2000)
12. Approved by the Supreme Rada on
18 January 2001
13. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2090-III of
2 November 2000)
14. Approved by the Supreme Rada on
18 January 2001
15. Under consideration in the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy
16. Under consideration in the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy
17. Under consideration in the State Property Fund
18. Under consideration in the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy
19. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
20. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
21. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
22. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
23. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Plant Quarantine”;
24. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ukraine’s Accession to the International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants, 1991 Act”;
25. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Varieties of
Plants”;
26. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Seeds”;
27. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Sanitary and Hygienic Expertise”;
28. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Veterinary Medicine”;
29. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Sanitary and Epidemic Safety of the
Population.”23. Under consideration in the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy
24. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
25. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
26. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
27. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
28. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
29. Under consideration in the relevant ministriesWT/ACC/UKR/87/Add.1
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IV. G ENERAL TREATMENT OF TRADE IN SERVICES
1. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Article 6 of the Law of Ukraine “On Insurance”;
2. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Insurance”;
3. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Circulation of Bills of Exchange in Ukraine”;
4. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Currency Regulation”;
5. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Banks and Banking” (the new wording);
6. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Financial Transactions”;
7. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Payment Systems and Transfer of Money in Ukraine”;
8. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Telecommunications”;
9. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Postal Services”;
10. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Information”;
11. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Personal Data”;
12. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Electronic Circulation of the Documents”;
13. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine in the Field of Commercial
Navigation”;
14. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Radio-Frequency Resource of Ukraine”.1. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2056-III of
19 October 2000)
2. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 1937-III of
14 September 2000)
3. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
4. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
5. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2121-III of
7 December 2000)
6. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
7. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
8. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
9. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
10. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
11. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
12. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
13. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
14. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2120-III of 7
December 2000)WT/ACC/UKR/87/Add.1
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V. F ORMATION OF THE MECHANISM TO ENSURE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
1. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Some Legislative Acts on the Reinforcement of Responsibility for
Infringements in the Field of Intellectual Property”;
2. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights”;
3. Draft Criminal Code of Ukraine;
4. Draft Laws of Ukraine “On Ukraine’s Accession to the WIPO Agreements “On Copyright” and “On
Performers and Phonograms” approved by the Diplomatic Conference on 20 December 1996”;
5. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ukraine’s Accession to the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers,
Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations”;
6. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Peculiarities of State Regulation of Entrepreneurial Activity in the Field of
Production, Export and Import of Discs for Laser Playback Systems”;
7. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement on Measures on the Prevention and Cessation of
Use of Untrue Trademarks and Geographical Indications”;
8. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation on Cessation of Infringements in
the Field of Intellectual Property”;
9. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of Certain Legislative Acts on Issues Related to Intellectual Property
in Order to Ensure the Comprehensive Functioning of the State System for Intellectual Property Protection”;
10. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Industrial
Designs”;
11. Draft Civil Code of Ukraine;
12. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Rights to Varieties of
Plants”;
13. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendment of the Law of Ukraine “On Plant Quarantine”;
14. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ukraine’s Accession to the International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants, 1991 Act”;
15. Draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Statistics”;
16. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Personal Data”;
17. Draft Customs Code of Ukraine.1. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
2. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the third
reading
3. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the second
reading
4. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
5. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
6. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
7. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 1971-III of
21 September 2000)
8. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 1972-III of
21 September 2000)
9. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 2188-III of
21 December 2000)
10. Under consideration in the Ministry of Education
and Science
11. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
12. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
13. Under consideration in the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy
14. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
15. Under consideration in the relevant ministries
16. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
17. Approved by the Supreme Rada in the first reading
VI. T RADE AND ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS
1. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement on International Automobile Transport between the
Government of Ukraine and the Government of Iran”;
2. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Latvia on International Automobile Communication and the Executive Protocol on the
Application of the said Agreement”;
3. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Poland on International Automobile Transportation”;1. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 1975-III of
21 September 2000)
2. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 1976-III of
21 September 2000)
3. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 1977-III of
21 September 2000)WT/ACC/UKR/87/Add.1
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4. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Estonia on International Automobile Transportation of Passengers and Cargo and theProtocol on the Application of the said Agreement ”;
5. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Egypt on Trade Cooperation”;
6. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Iran on Sea Commercial Navigation”;
7. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and
the Government of Bulgaria on Sea Commercial Navigation”;
8. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Israel on Issues Relate d to Navigation and Sea Transportation”;
9. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement on the Procedure for Transit through CIS
Countries”;
10. Draft Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Armenia on Principles of Levying Indirect Taxes During Export and Import of Goods
(Works and Services)”;
11. Draft
 Law of Ukraine “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of Kirgizstan on Principles of Levying Indirect Taxes During Export and Import of Goods(Works and Services)”.4. Approved by the Supreme Rada (No. 1978-III of
21 September 2000)
5. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
6. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
7. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
8. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
9. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
10. Under consideration of the Supreme Rada
11. Under consideration in the Cabinet of Ministers
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