G/SPS/N/UKR/180  
 
11 August 2022  
(22-6053) Page: 1/2 
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):  Agricultural products of plant 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:  Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 
5 August 2022 No. 867 "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine of 1 April 2022 No. 398" . Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  4 
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/867 -2022-%D0%BF#Text  
6. Description of content:  Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 5 August 
2022 No. 867 amends the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 1 April 2022 
No. 398 "Some issues of implementation of phytosanitary measures and procedures under 
martial law".  
The amendments provide that durin g the martial law:  
1) phytosanitary procedures are not carried out on the territories located in the region of 
military (combat) activities or are under temporary occupation, encirclement 
(blockage);  
2) inspection and monitoring shall be carried out by state phy tosanitary inspector upon 
existence of a document, confirming the absence of risks associated with explosive 
ordnance in the relevant territory, issued by the subject of mine action;  
3) when conducting a survey in order to provide and/or confirm the status of  a production 
place or a production area, free from regulated pests, the sufficient requirement for 
the schematic representation of the location of the production place or production 
area, submitted by the person, is the availability of geospatial coordina tes of a single 
point within the place or production area;  
4) documents for phytosanitary measures and procedures in the field of plant quarantine 
shall be submitted to territorial bodies of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety 
and Consumer Protection in paper or electronic form.  
It is also stated that for the accompanying wooden packaging material, classified under 
UKTZED codes 4407 and 4415, the selectivity criteria of phytosanitary control are not 
calculated, and phytosanitary control is conducted on ly in relation to the accompanying 
wooden packaging material for goods, referred to the objects of regulation.  G/SPS/N/UKR/180  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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 serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organi zation 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:  
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 1 April 2022 No. 398 "Some issues of 
implementation of phytosanitary measures and procedures under martial law", notified by 
document G/SPS/N/UKR/170  (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 5 August 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 August 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 10 August 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the  date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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 bo dy:  
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: