G/SPS/N/UKR/192/Add.1  
 
7 November 2022  
(22-8335) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 7 November 2022, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Ukraine . 
 
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Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Order of 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine of 12 March 2019 No. 118" "On Approval of the 
Requirements for Safety and Quality of Milk and Dairy Products"  
The Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine of 12 March 2019 No. 118 
"On Approval of the Requirements for the Safety and Quality of Milk and Dairy Products" (hereinafter 
the Order, notified as G/SPS/N/UKR/192) establishes unified requirements for raw milk at the place 
of primary production a nd/or storage of milk in terms of permissible levels of criteria. 
These  requirements foresee that the number of microorganisms do not exceed more than 
500 ths. cfu/ml and the number of somatic cells do not exceed 500 ths./ml, and shall apply to all 
operato rs of the milk and dairy products market since 1 January 2020.  
On 1 January 2023, the current version of the Order provided for the next stage and revision of 
existing levels of these criteria till 300 ths. cfu/ml and 400 ths. cfu/ml respectively. In order  to comply 
with the Requirements of the Order , milk processing enterprises must refuse to accept and purchase 
first-class milk beginning from 1 January 2023.  
Today , according to the statistic al data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine , the share of 
first-class milk is 34.6%. In terms of raw milk suppliers, the share of first -class milk is significant - 
from agricultural enterprises - 24.8%, from households - 75.2%.  
To avoid potential increase in prices for dairy products caused by the shortage of raw  materials , 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food developed the draft Order "On Amendments to the Order of 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine of 12 March 2019 No. 118", which provides for 
the postponement of the phased application of th e permissible levels of criteria for the relevant 
periods from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law. Namely, the deadline from 
1 January 2023 is postponed for one year from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law, 
and the d eadline for full compliance with the requirements from 1 January 2024 is postponed for two 
years from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law.  
https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -vnesennya -zmin-do-nakazu -ministerstva -agrarnoyi -politiki -ta-
prodovolstva -ukrayini -vid-12-bereznya -2019-roku-118-3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_7500_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of  adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[X] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/UKR/192/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 cale ndar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/y y): 6 January 2023  
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:  
 
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notificatio n Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
 
 
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