G/SPS/N/UKR/165/Rev.1  
 
21 July 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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):  Live animals  
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 Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food 
of Ukraine "On Approval of Requirements for Animal Welfare at the time of Killing" . 
Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  43 
https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -zatverdzhennya -vimog -do-zabezpechennya -
blagopoluchchya -tvarin -pid-chas-umertvinnya  
6. Description of content:  The draft Order lays down rules for the killing of animals bred or 
kept for the production of food, wool, skin, fur or other products as well as the killing of 
animals for the purpose of depopulation and for related operations. The Order has been 
drafted based on Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the 
protection of animals at the time of killing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protec t 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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter s 7.5, 7.6 of the Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/UKR/165/Rev.1  
 
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  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"  (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Order will enter into force and will be enacted on the date of its official 
publication. Until 1 January 2027, the provisions of Clause 1 of Chapter 1 of Section III of 
the Requirements are app lied only to new slaughterhouses put into operation after the 
entry into force of this Order and its implementation. Beginning from 1 January 2027, the 
provisions of Clause 1 of Chapter 1 of Section III of the Requirements will apply to all 
slaughterhouses . The requirements of Chapter 5 of Section II of the Requirements will 
apply from 1 January 2027.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 September 2022 
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:   
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: