G/TBT/N/UKR/162  
1 April 2020  
(20-2616) 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:  Cabinet of Ministers 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 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Personal 
protective equipment, medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices, active 
implantable medical devices  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Resolution of 
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 20 March 2020 No. 226 «On amendments to some 
Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine» (3 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  This resolution establishes exceptional and temporary 
procedure for the processing of applications and issue of notices for placing on the market 
of personal protective equipment, medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices, 
active implantable me dical devices, in respect of which the requirements of respective 
technical regulations are not met, but the use of which is necessary to protect health due 
to the Covid -19 pandemic.  
The appropriate personal protective equipment, medical devices, in vitro diagnostic 
medical devices, and active implantable medical devices are defined in the List of 
medicines, medical devices and/or medical equipment required for implementation of 
measures aimed at prevention and spread, localization and elimination of outbre aks, 
epidemics and pandemics of coronavirus disease (COVID -19), that are exempted from 
payment of import duty and import operations of which to the custom territory of Ukraine 
are exempted from value added tax, approved by the  Resolution of the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine 20.03.2020 No. 224.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health  
8. Relevant documents:   
• List of medicines, medical devices and/or medical equipment required for 
implementation of measures aimed at prevention and spread, localization and 
elimination of outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics of coronavirus disease 
(COVID -19), that are exempted from  payment of import duty and import 
operations of which to the custom territory of Ukraine are exempted from value 
added tax, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine G/TBT/N/UKR/162  
 
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  20.03.2020 No. 224 (available at https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/224 -
2020-%D0%BF#n9 , in Ukrainian)  
• Technical Regulation on personal protective equipment, approved by the 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27.08.2008  No.761, 
available in Ukrainian  
• Technical Regulation on medical devices, approved by the Resolution of the 
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 02.10.2013  No.753, available in Ukr ainian  
• Technical Regulation on in vitro diagnostic medical devices, approved by the 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 02.10.2013  No.754, 
available in Ukrainian  
• Technical Regulation on active implantable medical devices, approved by the 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 02.10.2013  No.755, 
available in Ukrainian  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 March 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  21 March 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  not applied  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The text is available at the official web -site of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine:  
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/226 -2020-%D0%BF