G/TBT/N/UKR/255  
5 May 2023  
(23-3201) 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):  Hatching 
eggs and chicks of poultry  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order of 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine "On approval of the Requirements for 
hatching eggs and chicks of poultry".  ; (7 page (s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Order aims to approve the Requirements for hatching 
eggs and chicks of poultry in terms of:  
- stamping and use of incubated eggs;  
- packaging for hatching eggs and boxes/cartons for chicks;  
- labelin g of packages and containers for hatching eggs and boxes/cartons for chicks;  
- records to be kept by operators of hatcheries.  
Hatching eggs and chicks of poultry imported (sent) into the customs territory of Ukraine 
have to comply with: the requirements as defined in paragraph 3 of Chapter 1 of Section 
II of these Requirements (in case of importation (sending) of hatching eggs in to the 
customs territory of Ukraine), the Requirements for importing (sending) into the customs 
territory of Ukraine of live animals and their reproductive material, approved by the Order 
of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 553 of No vember 16, 2018 
(notified as G/SPS/N/UKR/111/Add.1 ), or equivalent requirements of the exporting 
country.  
The draft Order also stipulates that the placing on the marke t of hatching eggs and chicks 
of poultry that were put into circulation before the entry into force of this Order may not 
be prohibited or restricted due to the non -compliance of hatching eggs and chicks of 
poultry with all or some provisions of the Requir ements approved by this Order.  
The draft Order developed in order to implement EU legislation.  
The draft Order is also notified under the SPS Agreement.  G/TBT/N/UKR/255  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer informa tion, labelling; Protection of animal or plant life or health; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment"; "On Veterinary 
Medicine" (available in Ukrainian).  
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 
December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural 
products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 
1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/20 07; 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for 
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for 
hatching and farmyard poultry chicks.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Order will enter into force six months after its 
official publication and will be enacted one year after the date of enactment of the Law of 
Ukraine No. 1206 -IX "On Veterinary Medicine" of February 4, 2021 (one year after the 
date of termination or cancelation of martial law).  
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 -vimog -do-inkubacijnih -yayec -ta-
molodnyaku -svijskoyi -ptici 
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