G/SPS/N/UKR/159  
31 March 2021  
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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):  Plants and plant products  
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:  The draft Law of Ukraine "On plant protection" . 
Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  151 
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=70832  
6. Description of content:  The draft Law aims:  
- to consolidate, as well as to improve legal regulation of certain laws of Ukraine 
regarding the circulation and use of plant protection products into a single law;  
- to enhance the protection and safety of the territory of Ukraine from the entry of 
regula ted pests; to improve the system of laboratory facilities in accordance with EU 
approaches;  
- to strengthen state control over the circulation and use of plant protection products, 
including its illicit trafficking;  
- to develop transparent rules of doin g business as well as of state control measures;  
- to stimulate the adoption of new technologies in agriculture that can reduce and/or 
minimize the negative impact of plant protection products on the environment, people, 
animals;  
- to minimize losses and risks of agricultural producers and exporters of products of plant 
origin.  
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.   
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) :  G/SPS/N/UKR/159  
 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM Nos: 
3-6; 9-12; 14, 20, 28, 31  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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 plant protection";  Law of Ukraine "On Plant Quarantine";  Law of Ukraine "On 
Pesticides and Agrochemicals"  (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: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : The Law shall enter into force on the day following the day of its 
publication and shall be enacted three years after the date of its entry i nto force, except 
for Articles 25, 26, 55, 58, 61 that shall be enacted two years after the date of entry into 
force of this Law.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Add ress, 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: