G/SPS/N/UKR/145/Add.1  
 
1 March 2021  
(21-1718) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 March 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine . 
 
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On updating the draft Order of the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of 
Ukraine "On approval of the procedure and special requirements for labelling and the List of foodstuffs 
for which indication of country of origin or place of origin is mandatory"  
The updated draft Order approves the procedure for establishing a mechanism and special 
requirements for labeling of foodstuffs for which the indication of country of origin or place of origin 
is mandatory and adds two new groups of goods, namely honey and olive oil.  
Already existing product group "meat" is supplemented with new sections "traceability" and 
"composition and size of animal group".  
The Order shall enter into force from the date of its publication and shall be enacted after three years 
from the date of its entry into force.  
Food p roducts for which, in accordance with this Order, it is mandatory to indicate the country of 
origin or place of origin, complying with the requirements of the legislation to provide consumers with 
information on food products, which were in force before th e enactment of this Order, but do not 
meet the requirements of this Order, may be in circulation until the minimum shelf life or "use before" 
date. 
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This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or en try into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[X] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/UKR/145/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 30 April 2021  
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:  
  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National  Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
  
 
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