G/TBT/N/UKR/270  
6 October 2023  
(23-6721) 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:   
Ministry of Health 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 if 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):  plastic 
materials and articles intended for contact with foodstuffs  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  draft Order of 
the Ministry of Health of Ukraine "On Approval of Special Requirements for Plastic 
Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Foodstuffs"; (113 page(s), in 
Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Order provides for the app roval of special 
requirements for plastic materials and articles intended for contact with food, as well as 
a list of substances authorized for use in the production of such materials and articles.  
It's also established that products made of plastic materi als and articles intended to come 
into contact with foodstuffs produced before the entry into force of this Order may be in 
circulation until their expiry date.  
The draft Order is also notified in accordance with the requirements of the SPS 
Agreement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Basic Principles and Req uirements for Safety and Quality of Food 
Products", "On Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Order will enter into force simultaneously with 
the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine "On Materials and Articles Intended to Come 
into Contact with Food", which will be enacted on 19 November 2025.  G/TBT/N/UKR/270  
 
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  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.  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://moz.gov.ua/article/public -discussions/povidomlennja -pro-opriljudnennja -
proektu -nakazu -ministerstva -ohoroni -zdorovja -ukraini -pro-zatverdzhennja -specialnih -
vimog -do-plastikovih -materialiv -i-predmetiv -priznachenih -dlja-kontakt u-z-harchovimi -
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