G/TBT/N/UKR/160  
17 March 2020  
(20-2084) 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 for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture 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 b e indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat of 
bovine animals, swine, sheep or goat, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS 0201, 0202, 0203, 
0204), edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS 020610), meat and edible offal of 
the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or fro zen (HS 0207); natural honey 
(HS 0409000000)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) 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". (13 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
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. Suc h food products are meat of bovine 
animals, fresh, chilled and frozen, edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, 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 to protect population from zoonotic diseases, 
prevent fraud and unfair competition.  
A separate notification was also made in accordance with SPS Agreement.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/UKR/160  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Law of Ukraine "On Consumer Information on Food" (available in Ukrainian, 
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2639 -19) 
9. Proposed date  of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  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:   
The text is available in Ukrainian on the official web -site of the Ministry for Development of 
Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine:  
https://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=a84b6788 -6be1-4501-9eff-
2ae3885e2c7c&title=ProektNakazuMinisterstvaRozvitkuEkonomiki -
TorgivliTaSilskogoGospodarstvaUkrainiproZat verdzhenniaPoriadkuTaSpetsialnikhVimogDoM
arkuvanniaTaPerelikuKharchovikhProduktiv -
DliaYakikhOboviazkovimZaznachenniaKrainiPokhodzhenniaAboMistsiaPokhodzhennia  
https://memb ers.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UKR/20_1944_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UKR/20_1944_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UKR/20_1944_02_x.pdf