G/SPS/N/UKR/193  
 
12 December 2022  
(22-9250) 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 of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources 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):  Plant protection products and agrochemicals  
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 Placing of Plant Protection 
Products and Agrochemicals on the Market" . Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of 
pages:  21 
https://mepr.gov.ua/news/40385.html  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_8350_00_x.pdf  
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 subs tances.  
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 fert ilising 
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 existing registrations of pesticides and agrochemicals in 
accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Pestic ides 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.  
The draft Law is also notified in accordance with the provisions of the TBT Agreement.  G/SPS/N/UKR/193  
 
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 7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans f rom animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
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 Environmental Protection", "On Pesticides and Agrochemicals", 
"On Plant Protection", "On Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of the Population"  
(available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publicat ion (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : The Law will enter into force on the day following the day of its publication 
and will enact in six 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, which will enact in one year after the entry into force of this Law.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 February 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enq uiry 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: