G/SPS/N/UKR/136  
 
4 November 2019  
(19-7394) 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:  State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection  
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):  Plants  
4. Region s 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 Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
"On some issues of implementation of the Law of Ukraine "On Plant Quarantine" . 
Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  116 
https://bit.ly/2BVLyCr  
6. Description of content:  The draft Resolution is approved  and contains the following : 
− the Procedure of inspection, survey, phytosanitary examination , supervision, 
monitoring, disinf ection of regulated objects,  issuance of certificates in accordance  
with the Law of Ukraine "On Plant Quarantine", control of inspections in terms of 
sampling and selective control over the  conduct of  phytosanitary  examination;  
− the Procedure for maintainin g the Register of authorized phytosanitary laboratories;  
− the Procedure for maintaining the Register of issued phytosanitary certificates;  
− a list of objects of regulation for the purposes of control over the movement through 
the territory of Ukraine;  
− a list of objects of regulation for the purpose of import, export and re -export;  
− a list of objects of regulation of any origin, subject to state control on the basis of a 
risk-oriented approach and criteria of selectivity of control.  
The draft Resolution is developed to increase the flexibility and efficiency of the 
phytosanitary control system in the terms of increasing volume of production and export 
of plant products as well as to improve phytosanitary procedures for import of regulated 
objec ts in the field of quarantine.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] 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) :  G/SPS/N/UKR/136  
 
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  [ ] World Organization 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 t he 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law of 
Ukraine "On Plant Quarantine"  (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) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 January  2020 
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:   
The text of the draft Resolution is available in Ukrainian on the official website of the 
Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine:  
https://bit.ly/2BVLyCr