RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/UKR/45
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4371)
Original: English Working Party onthe
Accession ofUkraine
ACCESSION OFUKRAINE
Phytosanitary Standards
TheGovernmentalCommissiononUkraine'sAccessiontotheWTOhassubmittedthefollowing
information oncompliance oftheUkrainian phytosanitary standards withtherequirements oftheWTO
andtheWorld Organization ofPlant Protection, withtherequest thatitbecirculated tomembers of
theWorking Party.
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Legislation onplantquarantine inUkraine isbased ontheConstitution ofUkraine andincludes
theUkrainian Law"OnPlant Quarantine", theCharter oftheStateService forPlants Quarantine and
other legalactsadopted according totheabove-mentioned law.
TheState Service forPlant Quarantine includes thecentral specially authorized State body,
i.e.,themainStateInspectorate forPlantQuarantine oftheMinistry ofAgriculture andFoodofUkraine
withtheCentral Scientific andResearch Laboratory andtheCentral Fumigation Department; andother
special bodies subordinated tothemainStateInspectorate forPlants Quarantine. Other special bodies
forplant quarantine areasfollows:
- theborder State inspectorate forplant quarantine intheCrimean Autonomous Republic;
- border State oblast andState oblast inspectorates forplant quarantine;
- State municipal inspectorates forplant quarantine;
- interdistrict anddistrict points forplant quarantine;
- border points forplant quarantine ontheState border ofUkraine;
- oblast quarantine laboratories andfumigation departments.
Plant quarantine isalegalregime thatprovides forsystem ofState measures directed atthe
protectionofplants,productsoftheirprocessing,rawmaterialsandsomegoodsfromquarantineobjects.
Thefollowing materials areunder quarantine: seeds andmaterials forplanting, agricultural
forest anddecorative crops, plants andtheirparts(slips, onions, tubers andfruit, etc.)aswellasother
produce ofvegetable origin which canbeacarrier ofvermin, plantdiseases andweeds 'seeds, cultures
ofalivemushrooms andbacteria; viruses, nematodes, ticks, insects, collections, herbariums, samples,
agricultural machinery, soilcultivation implements, specific industrial goods, package andgoods made
ofvegetable materials thatmaycarry vermin, plants diseases andweeds 'seeds; monoliths andsamples
ofsoilsandvehicles coming from foreign countries andregions ofUkraine withspecial quarantine
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Main tasks oftheState Service forPlant Quarantine areasfollows:
- toprotect thecountry 'sterritory fromquarantine objects thatmaybecarried inorindependently
penetrate from abroad oraquarantine zone;
- timely detection, localization andliquidation ofquarantine objects aswellasprevention of
theirpenetration intothecountry 'sregions where theyarenotpresent; and,
- conductingtheStatecontroloverobservanceofthespecialquarantineregimeandimplementation
ofmeasures forplant quarantine while growing, procuring, exporting, importing, storing,
processing, selling andusing materials andobjects under quarantine.
Thefollowing standards areapplied intheactivity ofappropriate organizations forplant
quarantine:
1. Thelistofdangerous vermin, plants 'pathogens andweeds thathavequarantine importance
forUkraine.
2. Aphytosanitary certificate forexport materials under quarantine andquarantine certificate for
thevegetable produce thatareexported fromzones ofquarantine limitation andaretransported through
theterritory ofUkraine.
Approval ofthefirststandard (theListofquarantine objects) isconducted onceperfiveyears.
TheListisdeveloped onthebasis ofrisk'sevaluation oforganism 'sharm andpasses thefollowing
stages:
(a) theListofharmful organisms thatareunder quarantine formembers oftheEuropean
Organization ofPlants Protection istaken asthebasis. Groups ofexperts, evaluating criteria
ofharm'srisk,submit theirproposals foreachofharmful organisms;
(b) conducting ofjointconsultations andadoption ofthedecision onthepossibility toconsider
harmful organism asquarantine forUkraine;
(c) developmentofconcreterecommendationsonphytosanitaryregulationtakingintoaccountharm,
wayofspreading, thecountry ofharmful organism 'sorigin, climatic conditions ofUkraine
andthepossibility ofacclimatization indifferent climatic zones;
(d) approval oftheListofobjects thathavequarantine importance forUkraine bythemanagement
oftheMinistry ofAgriculture andFood ofUkraine inagreement withtheUkrainian Academy
ofAgrarian Sciences.
Onthebasis ofthese developments andtaking intoaccount peculiarity ofdifferent materials
under quarantine itispermitted theirimport intoUkraine withfurther legalization ofquarantine licences
forimport bythemain State Inspectorate ofUkraine forPlant Quarantine.
Inorder toreceive aquarantine licence forimport (transit), importing organizations should
submit tothemain State Inspectorate ofUkraine forPlant Quarantine anapplication onissuance of
thequarantine licence forimport ortransit. Itshould bedonenotlaterthan5daysbefore importation
ortransit.
Thesecond standard (aphytosanitary certificate forexport) hasaninternational form. The
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forPlant Quarantine anditaccompanies allthematerials under quarantine (vegetables, products of
theirprocessing andrawmaterials ofvegetable origin) exported from Ukraine toother countries.
Grounds toissue thephytosanitary certificate areasfollows:
(a) results offieldresearches during thevegetation period orinspections ofstorage places for
materials under quarantine which prove thatmaterial isfreefrom harmful organisms which
areunder quarantine fortheimporting country;
(b) material isexported fromzones freeofharmful organisms which areunder quarantine forthe
importing country;
(c) results ofquarantine laboratory expertise;
(d) additional conditions tomaterial under quarantine required byimporting party orinternational
agreements inthefieldofquarantine andplants protection.
Materials under quarantine thatareexported fromUkraine shallmeetconditions provided for
byappropriate international agreements where Ukraine isamember, contracts andquarantine licences
oftheimporting party.
Export ofmaterials under quarantine outside Ukraine isconducted onthebasisofphytosanitary
inspection having thephytosanitary certificate forexport withaformestablished bytheInternational
Convention oftheEuropean Organization ofPlant Protection certified withatriangle stamp andissued
foreachvehicle.
Resolution No.958oftheCabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine, dated 24November 1993, approved
feesforinspection ofmaterials under quarantine, payable services forenterprises, organizations and
individuals (taking intoaccount VAT) adjusted fortheinflation onthebasisoftheStatistics 'Ministry
petition asof1October 1996. Pursuant tothese feesprocessing ofphytosanitary documents isas
follows:
Amount ofmaterial under
quarantineFeeforissuance ofquarantine
license forimport ortransit
(Hryvnias)Feeforissuance a
phytosanitary certificate for
export ofmaterial under
quarantine (Hryvnias)
lessthan50tons 18.03 15.45
lessthan100tons 36.08 30.83
lessthan1000 tons 72.13 61.40