G/SPS/N/UKR/191  
 
4 November 2022  
(22-8317) 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:  Ministry of Health 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):  Materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride and are intended to 
come into contact with foodstuffs  
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 Health of Ukraine 
"On approval of the Requirements for materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride 
and are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs" . Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number 
of pages:  2 
https://moz.gov.ua/article/publ ic-discussions/proekt -nakazu -moz-ukraini -pro-
zatverdzhennja -vimog -do-materialiv -i-predmetiv -scho-mistjat -vinilhlorid -i-priznacheni -
dlja-kontaktu -z-harchovimi -produktami  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_7464_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft Order  provides for the approval of safety indicators f or 
materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride and are intended to come into contact 
with foodstuffs.  
According to the Requirements to be approved by the draft Order, materials and articles 
must not contain vinyl chloride monomer in an amount that exceeds the maximum 
permissible level, which is no more than one milligram per kilogram of material or article.  
Materials and articles shall not transfer to the foodstuffs with any vinyl chloride detectable 
by a method which meets the following criteria:  
1. The level of vinyl chloride in materials and articles and the level of vinyl chloride 
released by materials and articles to foodstuffs are determined by means of gas -phase 
chromatography using the "headspace" method;  
2. For the purposes of determining vinyl ch loride released by materials and articles to 
foodstuffs, the detection limit shall be 0 .01 mg/kg;  
3. Vinyl chloride released by materials and articles to foodstuffs is in principle determined 
in the foodstuffs. When the determination in certain foodstuffs is shown to be 
impossible for technical reasons, it is performed using simulants for these particular 
foodstuffs.  
The draft Order is designed to implement Council Directive 78/142/EEC of 30 January 
1978 on the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to materials and 
articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and are intended to come into contact with 
foodstuffs.  G/SPS/N/UKR/191  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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) :  
[ ] 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 internationa l standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
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 the Basic Principles and Requirements for Food Safety and Quality"  
(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: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] 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 2023  
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: