G/TBT/N/UKR/249  
 
24 March 2023  
(23-2137) 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 [  ], 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):  Smoking 
tobacco products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order of 
the Ministry of Health of Ukrain e "On approval of groups of combined medical warning 
sets consisting of 14 options of text and illustrations, technical requirements for its layout, 
design and form, as well as the procedure for their application by manufacturers of 
smoking tobacco product s"; (12 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Order provides for the approval of groups of combined 
medical warning sets consisting of 14 options of text and illustrations, technical 
requirements for its layout, design and form, as w ell as the procedure for their application 
manufacturers of smoking tobacco products.  
The draft Order is developed in accordance with Article 12 of the Law of Ukraine "On 
Measures to Prevent and Reduce the Use of Tobacco Products and Their Harmful Effects 
on Public Health" and Law of Ukraine of December 16, 2021 No. 1978 -IX "On 
Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Protection of Public Health from the Harmful 
Effects of Tobacco" (notified as G/TBT/N/UKR/101), according to which each single pack 
and outer  packaging of smoking tobacco products shall contain a general warning and a 
combined medical warning accompanied by a corresponding color illustration, as well as 
an information message.  
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine approves the texts and illustratio ns of the combined 
health warning, technical requirements for its layout, design and form, the procedure for 
their application by manufacturers of tobacco products for smoking, as well as three 
groups of combined health warning sets consisting of 14 option s of text and illustrations 
that are change annually.  
The draft Order is developed with consideration of the provisions of the Directive 
2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the 
approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member 
States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products 
and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC.  G/TBT/N/UKR/249  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Measures to Prevent and Reduce the Use of Tobacco Products and 
Their Harmful Effects on Public Health", "On State Regulation of Production and Circulation 
of Ethy l, Cognac and Fruit Alcohol, Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco Products, Liquids Used 
in Electronic Cigarettes and Fuel"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Order comes into force from the date of its 
official publication and shall be implemented in 12 months.  
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  
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