G/SPS/N/UKR/175  
 
10 June 2022  
(22-4419) 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:  State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection  
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):  Food, feed, by -products of animal origin, live animals  
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:  Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 
7 May 2022 No. 537 "Some issues of state control to check compliance with the le gislation 
on food, feed, animal by -products, health and welfare of animals, state veterinary and 
sanitary control and imports of goods to the customs territory of Ukraine during martial 
law". Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  2 
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/537 -2022-%D0%BF#Text  
6. Description of content:  The Resolution provides for procedures on state control to check 
compliance with the legislation on food, feed, by -products of animal origin, veterinary 
medicine and animal welfare, as well as for state veterinary and sanitary control, and 
defines the specifics of their implementation during martial law in Ukraine, in p articular:  
− conducting state control over compliance with the legislation on food, feed, animal 
by-products, veterinary medicine and animal welfare at all checkpoints of the state 
border of Ukraine and customs control zones on the customs territory of Ukrai ne, if 
there are conditions for its implementation;  
− determination of an exhaustive list of grounds for physical inspection and laboratory 
examination of goods imported to Ukraine;  
− regulation of the procedure for imports to Ukraine of products that have bee n 
appropriately processed, feed additives, feed for productive animals, live animals as 
well as the procedure for transit of live animals;  
− providing for the possibility to import feed additives and feed for productive animals 
that have the appropriate regi stration in the European Union;  
− regulation of the issue of imports to Ukraine of live animals and their reproductive 
material from facilities that were not previously inspected by Ukrainian specialists as 
well as the procedure for their transit through the  territories of countries where cases 
of animal infectious diseases are registered.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/UKR/175  
 
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  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:  Laws of 
Ukraine "On state control to check compliance with the legislation on food, feed, anim al 
by-products, animal health and welfare", "On veterinary medicine"  (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 7 May 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 May 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 10 May 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated t o 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: