G/SPS/N/UKR/208  
6 September 2023  
(23-5969) Page: 1/3 
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 Agrarian Policy and Food 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):  Veterinary drugs, food of animal origin  
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 Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of 
Ukraine of 4 February 2021 No. 1206 -IX on "Veterinary Medicine"" . Language(s):  
Ukrainian . Number of pages:  30 
https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -vnesennya -zmin-do-zakonu -ukrayini -vid-04-lyutogo -
2021-roku-1206-ih-pro-veterina rnu-medicinu  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UKR/23_12195_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine 
of 4 February 2021 No. 1206 -IX on "Veterinary Medicine"" is developed in order to 
improve the current legislation in the field of animal health and welfare and remove 
inconsistencies with the legislation of the European Union.  
The draft Law suggests the comprehensive regulation of the key issues related to:  
1) ensurin g animal welfare in terms of improving the procedure for financing veterinary 
and sanitary measures;  
2) improvement of state veterinary and sanitary control (supervision) measures to ensure 
animal welfare and marketing of veterinary drugs;  
3) production, marketi ng, registration and use of veterinary drugs;  
4) issuance of accompanying veterinary documents and international veterinary 
certificates;  
5) the activities of licensed veterinarians and veterinarians of licensed veterinary 
establishments;  
6) alignment of licensing of business activities relating to veterinary practice, production 
of veterinary medicinal drugs, wholesale and retail sale of veterinary medicinal drugs, 
import of veterinary medicinal drugs with the requirements of the licensing legislation;  
7) empowering the central executive body that implements the state policy in the field of 
veterinary medicine and animal welfare to approve:  
− criteria, the compliance with which will give educational institutions as well as 
organisations (unions, associations) o f the relevant field the opportunity to be 
authorised to train specialists on the issues of compliance with the requirements of 
the animal welfare legislation;  
− training programmes for specialists on the issues of compliance with the 
requirements of the ani mal welfare legislation;  
− the form of the certificate to be issued to confirm that the relevant persons have G/SPS/N/UKR/208  
 
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  sufficient knowledge acquired as a result of the training;  
8) authorisation of the central executive body that implements the state policy in the field  
of veterinary medicine and animal welfare to ensure the organisation of training for 
specialists on the issues of compliance with the requirements of the animal welfare 
legislation.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al 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) :  
[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:  
Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary Medicine" No. 1206 -IX of 4 February 2021, notified in 
document G/SPS/N/UKR/154  (available in Ukrainian) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be de termined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : The Law will enter into force on the date of publication and will be enacted 
on the date of implementation of the Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary Me dicine" No. 1206 -IX 
of 4 February 2021 (one year after the date of termination or cancellation of the martial 
law). 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 November 2023  
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:   
Ministry of Economу of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  G/SPS/N/UKR/208  
 
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  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:   
Ministry of Economу of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua