G/TBT/N/UKR/268  
2 October 2023  
(23-6581) 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):  Materials 
and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs  
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 
a written declaration of the conformity of materials and articles intended to come into 
contact with food and a list of documents confirming the information  specified in the 
declaration"; (5 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  the draft Order is developed in order to confirm by the market 
operator of materials and articles intended for contact with food compliance with the 
requirements for the relevant material or article, as well as to implement the provisions 
of the EU food legislation.  
Approval of the Requirements is provided for by the Law of Ukraine of 03 November 2022 
№ 2718 -IX "On Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food", notified 
in document G/TBT/N/UKR/165/Rev.1.  
Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as well as products 
of intermediate stages of their processing, and their components and/or substances, 
should be accompanied by a writ ten declaration, which confirms the fulfillment of the 
requirements for the relevant material or article at all stages of its circulation, except at 
the points of sale to end consumers.  
The purpose of the declaration of conformity is to demonstrate that ma terials and articles 
meet the requirements of the law and are safe for use.  
The draft Order suggests approving the Requirements to the declaration of conformity in 
terms of:  
- general provisions;  
- requirements to the information to be contained in the declaration of conformity;  G/TBT/N/UKR/268  
 
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  - list of supporting documents.  
The Requirements cover the following materials and articles: active materials and articles, 
intellectual materials and articles, glues, ceramics, cork, rubber, glass, ion exchange 
resins, metals an d alloys, paper and cardboard, plastic, printing inks, regenerated 
cellulose, silicon, textile, varnishes and coatings, wax, wood.  
The draft Order also stipulates that materials and articles intended to come into contact 
with foodstuffs produced before the  entry into force of this Order may be in circulation 
until the expiry date.  
The draft Order is also notified under the SPS Agreement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safe ty; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
The Law of Ukraine No 2718 "On Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact 
with Food" of November 03, 2022, available in Ukrainian.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Order will enter into force from the day of its 
official publication and will be enacted from the day of entry into force of the Law of 
Ukraine "On Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food" (will enter 
into force  on 19 November 2025).  
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 6839  
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -zatverdzhennya -vimog -do-pismovoyi -deklaraciyi -pro-
vidpovidnist -materialiv -i-predmetiv -priznachenih -dlya-kontaktu -z-harchovimi -
produktami -ta-pereliku-dokumentiv -yaki-pidtverdzhuyut -vidomos  
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