G/TBT/N/UKR/218  
9 August 2022  
(22-6002) 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):  Food 
products and feeds  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  draft Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendment to the Resolution of the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine of March 9, 2022 No. 234"; (1 page(s), in  Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of March 9, 
2022 No. 234 "On measures to ensure the uninterrupted supply of imported food products 
and feeds under the martial law regime" establishes that during mar tial law in Ukraine 
market operators may sell food products, information of which is provided in a language 
other than the official one, on the customs territory of Ukraine. Thus the consignments of 
such food products should be accompanied by obligatory in formation on the foodstuffs 
provided in the state language. Simplification of requirements for mandatory labeling of 
imported food products in the state language was introduced in order to ensure 
uninterrupted food supply to the population during the marti al law.  
Currently, national food enterprises are able to meet the needs of Ukrainian consumers 
in safe and quality food products in compliance with the requirements of food legislation.  
Therefore, the draft Resolution is intended to exclude the provision o n the temporary 
possibility for the period of martial law to sell food products, information of which is 
provided in a language other than the state language, on the customs territory of Ukraine.  
The draft Resolution also stipulates that food products, inf ormation of which is provided 
in a language other than the state, imported into the territory of Ukraine before the entry 
into force of this Resolution, may be in circulation until their expiration date.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/UKR/218  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Law of Ukraine "On Information for Consumers on Food Products", available in Ukrainian  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  in 3 months from the date of its publication  
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:   
https://mi nagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -vnesennya -zmini -do-postanovi -kabinetu -ministriv -
ukrayini -vid-9-bereznya -2022-roku-234