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WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/UKR/46
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4369)
Original: English Working Party onthe
Accession ofUkraine
ACCESSION OFUKRAINE
Information OntheSystem ofSanitary Measures inUkraine
TheGovernmentalCommissiononUkraine'sAccessiontotheWTOhassubmittedthefollowing
information onthesystem ofsanitary measures inUkraine, withtherequest thatitbecirculated to
members oftheWorking Party.
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Thesystem ofsanitary measures aimed atcontrolling products thatmayhaveanegative effect
onpeople ’shealth isbased ontheLawofUkraine “OnEnsuring Sanitary andPandemic Safety of
thePopulation ”andonbasic provisions ofthelegislation ofUkraine onhealth protection.
TheHealth Ministry ofUkraine hasbeenauthorized toactastheCentral Government Executive
body inthefieldofhealth protection.
TheHealth Ministry hasbeenmade responsible fordeveloping hygiene andsafety standards
concerning products, works, technologies, services, andcarrying outspecial measures aimed tomaintain
thepeople ’sproper stateofhealth. These include developing scientifically grounded criteria, indicators
andnorms; designing methods ofcontrolling compliance withsuchrequirements; carrying outbyState
organspreliminarysanitarycontrolatthestageofdraftinganddevelopingnewtechnologiesandproducts;
deciding whether topermit importation anddistribution ofspecific products inUkraine ornot;banning
manufacturing, distribution anduseofproducts thatfailtomeetestablished inUkraine product safety
standards; investigating causes ofpossible pandemic effects related toconsumption oflow-quality
products; participating inactions aimed tocombat epidemics.
These elements constitute aunique, consistent, scientifically-grounded andefficient system
ofcontrol overproduct safety.
TheHealthMinistryofUkraineaccomplishesthesetasksthroughitsexpandednetworkofsanitary
centres, science andresearch institutes andinstitutions ofhigher learning. There hasbeencreated and
putintooperation apowerful system oftheState Sanitary Service thatincludes laboratories, clinics
andspecialized research institutes which carry outup-to-date research projects infields suchashygiene
andtoxicology.
Forthetimebeing, “sanitary certificates ”arenotusedasofficial documents inUkraine. In
accordance withrequirements contained inapplicable effective laws, theHealth Ministry hasestablished
thattheonlydocument thatmaycertify safety ofproducts isthecertificate issued inaccordance with
procedure ofthestatehygiene andsanitary examination andbased onthefindings ofsuchexamination.WT/ACC/UKR/46
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TheStatehygiene andsanitary examination isperformed bybodies andagencies ofthesanitary
service inaccordance withArticles 10-12 and16oftheLawofUkraine “OnEnsuring Sanitary and
Pandemic Safety ofthePopulation. ”
Theprocedure forcarrying outthehygiene andsanitary examinations byStatesanitary bodies,
aswellasthelistofspecific products thatarerequired tobeexamined byStatesanitary bodies, agencies
andorganizations, aredetermined bytheOrder ofHealth Ministry ofUkraine No.190of
20October 1995"OnPerforming StateSanitary Examinations Concerning Development, Production
andUseofProducts Potentially Harmful toHealth".
Astothelevels offeescollected forsanitary examinations andissuance ofnecessary
documentation, wehereby inform youthatsuchareestablished inaccordance withthedocument “Prices
onadditional services rendered toorganizations, commercial, private andother firms, byStatesanitary
bodies ”,which must beapproved byanorder ofaterritorial State administration ’sprice policy
department.
Provision ofsuchservices onafeebasis iscarried outunder theDecree oftheCabinet of
Ministers ofUkraine No.1138 of17September 1996 "OnApproving theListofServices Provided
bytheState Health-Protection Institutions andHigher Medical Institutes" andDecree oftheCabinet
ofMinisters ofUkraine No.449of12May1997"OnIntroducing Changes andAdditions totheOrder
oftheCabinet ofMinisters ofUkraine ofNo.1138 of17September 1996".WT/ACC/UKR/46
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ANNEX 1
ListofProducts Importation orDocumentation ofwhich Require Obligatory Consideration
byBodies, Agencies andOrganizations oftheState Sanitary Service ofUkraine
Approved bytheOrder oftheHealth Ministry ofUkraine No.190of20October 1995
Registered withtheJustice Ministry, No.6/1031
1. Equipment, installations andinstruments functions ofwhich arebased onemission (radiation)
ofions.
1.1. Therapeutic andother instruments fordetecting defects (including portable ones).
1.2. Source radiation elements forradio-isotope instruments.
1.3. Reference source radiation elements.
1.4. Instruments, equipment, installations.
1.5. Industrial installations generating ionizing radiation.
1.6. Radio-isotope instruments.
1.7. X-ray diagnostic equipment.
1.8. Equipment andinstrument control panels.
2. Materials usedbyhouseholds.
2.1. Home chemicals.
2.2. Cosmetics andperfumes.
2.3. Plastics andother materials usedinhousing construction, clothing andshoemaking,
household expendable goods, furniture, etc.
3. Home appliances.
4. Materials usedintransportation vehicles.
5. Newsynthetic materials, paints, glues, which areusedinclothes andshoes, furniture items,
sportgear,toysandfitness equipment forchildren, which havenotbeenusedbefore anddocumentation
onwhich hasnotbeenagreed upon.
6. Food products, unprocessed foodproducts, foodadditives.
6.1. Newproducts (new types offish,seafood).
6.2. Foodproduced fromnewuntraditional typesofproducts (such asconcentrated albumen,
some types ofplants oranimals, products oftheirreprocessing).WT/ACC/UKR/46
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6.3. Food products produced withtheuseofprincipally newtypes ofplants oranimals,
one-cell organisms, products oftheirreprocessing, ornewtechnologies (biotechnology,
electric fieldorultrasound processing, etc.)
6.4. Food additives -natural orsynthesized biologically active products thatareadded to
food.
6.5. Children food.
6.6. Dietproducts, medical foodproducts forprophylaxis ofmetabolic disturbance, etc.
6.7. Additives toanimal feedthatmayaffect foodquality.
7. Materials thathavecontact withfoodproducts ordrinking water.
7.1. Synthetic andother materials usedforpackaging foodorchildren toys.
8. Substances usedinindustry oragriculture, inchemical andrelated industries.
8.1. New, notusedintheproduction process before, rawmaterials, withwhich havedirect
contact people orproduct components thatmayaffect people ’shealth.
8.2. Chemical substances andchemicals usedforproduction purposes, materials usedfor
welding, electrodes, materials usedinfans, catalysts, fillings, etc.
8.3. Constructionmaterialsandstructures,varnish,paint,plasticmaterials,isolatingmaterials
forheat-proof orsound-proof structures usedinbuilding construction orrepair.
8.4. Synthetic materials andproducts forindustrial usethathavenotbeenusedbefore and
documentation onwhich hasnotbeenapproved yet.
8.5. Packages andpackaging materials formanual packaging ofmachines, instruments and
equipment stored infacilities where people arepermanently present.WT/ACC/UKR/46
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ListofAgreements onCooperation ofUkraine intheField ofVeterinary
Name ofthedocument Country withwhich itwas
concludedDateofconcluding Validity Term
1 2 3 4
Agreement oncooperation inthefieldofveterinary Armenia
Belarus
Kazakstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Moldova
Russian Federation
Tadjikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan12March 1993 Forfive(5)years
Agreement between theMinistry ofAgriculture andFood of
Ukraine andtheMinistry ofAgriculture andFood ofPoland on
cooperation inthefieldofveterinary medicinePoland 29September 1994 Forfive(5)years
Agreement between Ukraine andtheSlovak Republic on
cooperation inthefieldofveterinary medicine Slovak Republic May1993 Forfive(5)years
Agreement between Ukraine andtheState Veterinary Service of
theLithuanian Republic oncooperation inthefieldofveterinary Lithuania 5May1994 Forfive(5)years
Convention between theGovernment ofUkraine andthe
Government ofTurkey oncooperation inthefieldofveterinary Turkey 27November 1996 Forfive(5)years
Agreement between theGovernment ofUnion Republic of
Yugoslavia andtheGovernment ofUkraine oncooperation in
thefieldofveterinaryFederal Republic ofYugoslavia
(Serbia andMontenegro) - Forfive(5)years
Agreement between theGovernment ofUkraine andthe
Government theCzech Republic oncooperation inthefieldof
veterinaryCzech Republic 28January 1997 Forfive(5)years
Agreement between theGovernment ofUkraine andthe
Government ofBulgaria oncooperation inthefieldofveterinary
medicineBulgaria 12October 1994 Forfive(5)yearsWT/ACC/UKR/46
Page6Name ofthedocument Country withwhich itwas
concludedDateofconcluding Validity Term
1 2 3 4
Agreement between theMinistry ofAgriculture andFood of
Ukraine andtheMinistry Agriculture ofHungary inthefieldof
veterinary medicineHungary November 1994 Forfive(5)years
Agreement between theGovernment ofUkraine andthe
Government ofRomania onveterinary andsanitary cooperation-initialled andsubmitted totheMinistry forForeign Affairs forconsideration
Agreement between theUkrainian andItalian State Services of
Veterinary Medicine-initialled andsubmitted forconsideration
Agreement between theGovernment ofUkraine andthe
Government oftheRepublic ofSlovenia oncooperation inthe
fieldofveterinary-thedraftAgreement isunder consideration pursuant totheestablished procedure