G/TBT/N/UKR/262  
26 June 2023  
(23-4335) 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 Agrarian Policy and Food 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 [X], 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):  Seeds and 
planting material  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Procedure for Issuing or 
Refusing to Issue a Confirmation, Re -issue, Revocation of Confirmation and Control over 
the Use of Seed and Planting Material Samples of Plant Varieties and Repeal of Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 691 of October 5, 2016"; (14 page(s), in 
Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Res olution is aimed at streamlining the procedures 
for issuing or refusing to issue, re -issuing, revoking confirmation for the import of seed 
and planting material samples of plant varieties not listed in the State register of plant 
varieties eligible for dis tribution in Ukraine for breeding, research and exposure, export 
of seed and planting material samples of plant varieties not listed in the Register of plant 
varieties of Ukraine, as well as introducing control over the use of seed and planting 
material sa mples.  
The draft Resolution approves:  
the Procedure for issuing or refusing to issue confirmation, re -issue, revocation of 
confirmation and control over the use of seed and planting material samples of plant 
varieties;  
an application form for issuing a con firmation for import to Ukraine of samples of seeds 
and planting material of plant varieties not listed in the Register of Plant Varieties of 
Ukraine for breeding, research and exposure and for export from Ukraine of samples of 
seeds and planting material of plant varieties not listed in the Register of Plant Varieties 
of Ukraine.  
Seed and planting material samples may be imported into the territory of Ukraine by 
business entities on the grounds of confirmation issued by the State Service of Ukraine 
on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.  G/TBT/N/UKR/262  
 
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  To obtain the confirmation, a business entity should submit to the State Service of Ukraine 
on Food Safety and Consumer Protection an application for issuing a confirmation for 
import to Ukraine of samples of seeds and planting material of plant varieties not listed 
in the Register of plant varieties of Ukraine for breeding, research and exposure.  
Control over the use of seed and planting material samples imported to Ukraine for 
breeding, research and exposure, as well a s over the harvest obtained from such samples 
is carried out by the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices an d consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Seeds and Planting Material"; "On Protection of Rights to Plant 
Varieties"; "On Plant Quarantine"; "On the List of Permitting Documents in the Sphere of 
Economic Activity  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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) 596 683 9 
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -zatverdzhennya -poryadku -vidachi -pidtverdzhennya -
abo-vidmovi -v-jogo-vidachi -pereoformlennya -anulyuvannya -pidtverdzhennya -ta-
kontrolyu -za-vikoristannyam -zrazkiv -nasinnya -i-sadivnogo -materia  
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