G/TBT/N/UKR/241  
7 December 2022  
(22-9087) 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 Environmental Protection and Natural Resources 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 i f 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):  Plant 
protection products and agrochemicals  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Law of 
Ukraine "On Placing of Plant Protection Products and Agrochemicals on the Market"; (21 
page(s), in Uk rainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Law aims to establish the procedures for placing of 
plant protection products and agrochemicals on the market in accordance with the EU 
regulations in force. Its purpose is to define the terminology and basic concepts on the 
approval of active substances, antidotes and synergists contained in the preparative forms 
of plant protection products, to define unacceptable coformulants that cannot be 
contained in plant protection products, to harmonize the procedures for placing on the 
market of agrochemicals and to determine the procedure for handling hazardous 
substances.  
The draft Order is developed to improve the state regulation in the sphere of pesticides 
and agrochemicals taking into account the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant 
protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 
91/414/EEC, Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament  and of the Council 
of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising 
products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and 
repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003.  
It is established that all ex isting registrations of pesticides and agrochemicals in 
accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Pesticides and Agrochemicals", which will be valid 
as of the date of entry into force of this Law, shall remain valid until their completion 
without the need for  approval of the active substance.  
The current Law of Ukraine "On Pesticides and Agrochemicals" will become invalid from 
the date of entry into force of this Law.  G/TBT/N/UKR/241  
 
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  The draft Law is also notified in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement on the 
Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Envi ronmental Protection", "On Pesticides and Agrochemicals", "On 
Plant Protection", "On Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of the Population".  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Law will enter into force on the day following 
the day of its publication and will enact in 6 months after its entry into force, except for 
parts two, five and six of Article 4, Articles 7 - 9, paragraph seven of part three of Article 
10, Articles 12 and 13 and Article 16, wh ich will enact in 1 year after the entry into force 
of this Law.  
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://mepr.gov.ua/news/40385.html  
https://members.wto.org/crnattac hments/2022/TBT/UKR/22_8351_00_x.pdf