G/TBT/N/UKR/290  
28 March 2024 
(24-2712) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated i f different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  cotton 
seeds  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  draft Law of 
Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Circulation of Cotton Varieties 
in Ukraine"; (2 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Law provides for simplification of the procedures for 
import and placing into circulation of cotton varieties in Ukraine during the period of 
martial law and three years following its termination or cancellation.  
The draft  Law proposes amendments to Section VI "Final Provisions" of the Law of Ukraine 
"On the State Biosafety System in the Creation, Testing, Transportation and Use of 
Genetically Modified Organisms", according to which temporarily, for the period of martial 
law in Ukraine and within 36 months after its termination or cancellation, there will be no 
requirement for state registration of GMOs and obtaining permits as stipulated by this 
Law for import, research, state approbation (testing), industrial production, a nd placing 
into circulation of genetically modified cotton as well as products manufactured with its 
use. 
The draft Law also amends Section IX "Final Provisions" of the Law of Ukraine "On Seeds 
and Planting Material" with a provision, according to which, f or the period of martial law 
in Ukraine and for 36 months after its termination or cancellation, placing into circulation 
of cotton seeds varieties and their use is allowed without certification of seed material.  
The draft Law is also notified under the SP S Agreement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/UKR/290  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On the State Biosafety System in the Creation, Testing, Transportation 
and Use of Genetically Modified Organisms", "On Seeds and Planting Material"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Law will enter into force on the day following 
its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Kyiv 01008  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/CardByRn?regNum=10427 -1&conv=9  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/UKR/24_02310_00_x.pdf