G/SPS/N/UKR/145  
 
17 March 2020  
(20-2071) 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 for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture 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):  Meat of bo vine animals, swine, sheep or goat, fresh, chilled or frozen 
(HS codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204), edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS 
code: 020610), meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or 
frozen (HS code: 02 07); natural honey (HS code: 0409000000)  
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 for Development of 
Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine "On Approval of the Procedure and Special 
Requirements for Labelling and the List of Foodstuff for which Indication of Country of 
Origin or Place of Origin is Mandato ry". Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  13 
https://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=a84b6788 -6be1-4501-9eff-
2ae3885e2c7c&title=ProektNakazuMinisterstvaRozvitkuEkonomiki -
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DliaYakikhOboviazkovimZaznachenniaKrainiPokhodzhenniaAboMistsiaPokhodzhennia  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UKR/20_1943_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UKR/20_1943_01_ x.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/UKR/20_1943_02_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft Order approves the procedure for establishing the 
mechanism and special labelling requirements of foodstuff for which the indication of 
country of origin or place of origin is mandatory. Such food products are meat of bovine 
animals, fresh, chilled and frozen, edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chil led, and 
natural honey.  
It is also foreseen that established mandatory labelling procedure and its requirements 
will also apply to the List of food product that were specified in Annex 7 of the earlier 
adopted Law of Ukraine "On Consumer Information on Food". Thus, mandatory labelling 
rules will also apply to meat of swine, sheep or goat, fresh, chilled and frozen, meat and 
edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled and frozen.  
The purpose for developing such measures is t o protect population from zoonotic 
diseases, prevent fraud and unfair competition.  
This draft Order was also notified under the TBT Agreement.  G/SPS/N/UKR/145  
 
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7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from a nimal/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 international 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 Consumer Information on Food" (available at 
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2639 -19) (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be de termined.  
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) : Order comes into force from the date of its publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 May 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: