G/SPS/N/UKR/141  
 
28 January 2020  
(20-0649) 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:  Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of 
Ukraine  
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):  Seeds, plan ting material, seed crops and plantings  
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:  Draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of 
Ukraine On Seeds and Planting Material"  Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  7 
http://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=9f55fd53 -cd74-46cc-bceb-
79999faa6be7&title=ProektZakonuUkrainiproVnesenniaZminDoZakonuUkrainiproNasinni
aISadivniiMaterial  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/U KR/20_0624_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of 
Ukraine "On Seeds and Planting Material" regulates the following issues:  
− production of perennial planting material by stages of reproduction in accordance  
with international requirements;  
− determination of phytosanitary qualities of planting material;  
− use of planting material of varieties, clones, species, forms not listed in the State 
Register of Plant Varieties, in accordance with commonly accepted international 
practice;  
− export of planting material of domestic breeding varieties outside the customs 
territory of Ukraine;  
− use of perennial planting material for the creation of industrial plantations, provided 
the availability of design estimates.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  The purpose of the adoption of the draft Law of Ukraine 
"On Amendmen ts to the Law of Ukraine On Seeds and Planting Material" is to promote 
the efficiency of seedlings of fruits, berries, nut crops, grapes and hops; simplifying of 
entrepreneurship by improving existing legal rules governing the legal relationships in the 
field of perennial plants by implementation of the EU legislation.  G/SPS/N/UKR/141  
 
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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 st andard?  
[ ] 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:  Law of 
Ukraine "On Seeds and Planting Material"  (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined . 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined . 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from da te of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 March 2020  
Agency or authority designated to 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: