G/TBT/N/UKR/254  
5 May 2023  
(23-3207) 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 Agrarian Policy and Food 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 if different from above :  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 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):  Fisheries, 
aquatic bioresources and aquaculture  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Law of Ukraine 
No 2989 -IX "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving State 
Regulation in the Field of Fisheries, Co nservation and Rational Use of Aquatic Bioresources 
and Aquaculture"; (30 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The Law simplifies market access procedures, minimizes the 
number of "contacts" during the issuance of permits by creating a transp arent mechanism 
for auctioning the rights to conclude agreements for the special use of aquatic 
bioresources, reduces the administrative burden on business and simplify the procedure 
for leasing water bodies for fisheries purposes by abolishing the need to  obtain the 
approval of the State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine. At the same time, for lease 
agreements that expire during the period of martial law and within a calendar year after 
its termination or cancellation, provisions are made for their auto matic extension. The 
Law also regulates legal relations regarding the use of hydraulic structures for aquaculture 
purposes and introduced a digital mechanism for obtaining permits.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where  
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
Water Code of Ukraine; Land Code of Ukraine;  
Laws of Ukraine "On Fisheries, Commercial Fishing and Protection of Aquatic 
Bioresources"; "On Fish, Other Aquatic Living Resources and Food Products from Them"; 
"On Aquaculture"; "On Wildlife"; "On the Legal Regime of Martial Law"; "On Land Lease".  G/TBT/N/UKR/254  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  21 March 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  28 April 2023; The Law entered into force on28 
April 2023, except for:  
paragraphs three and four of sub -clause 10, sub -clauses 14, 15, 17, 19, 22 of clause 4 of 
Section I of this Law, which shall enter into force on the date of notice on the official 
website of the central executive body imp lementing the state policy in the field of fisheries 
on the launch of the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services or the Unified State 
Electronic System for Management of the Fisheries Sector, but not later than July 1, 2023;  
sub-clause 31 of claus e 4 o of Section I of this Law, which shall enter into force on the 
date of notice on the official website of the central executive body implementing the state 
policy in the field of fisheries on the launch of the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic 
Services or the Unified State Electronic System for Management of the Fisheries Sector, 
but not later than May 1, 2023.  
10. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 683 9 
Email: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2989 -IX#Text  
https://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2023/TBT/UKR/23_09493_00_x.pdf