G/SPS/N/UKR/138  
20 December 2019  
(19-8903) Page: 1/3 
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):  Live animals and their reproductive material, foodstuffs of animal 
origin, feed, hay, straw,   by-products of animal origin, products of their processing  
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 Order of the Ministry for Development of 
Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine "On approval of   international certificates 
forms" . Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number o f pages:  9 
Forms of certificates available in Ukrainian and English are attached  
http://me.gov .ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=d3371fa6 -9720-4543-b2bf-
b51a71d7822f&title=ProektNakazuMinisterstvaRozvitkuEkonomiki -
TorgivliTaSilskogoGospodarstvaUkrainiproZatverdzhenniaFormMizhnarodnikhSertifikativ  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UKR/19_7194_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/S PS/UKR/19_7194_01_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Order   approves the forms of international 
certificates, which regulate the issues of import (shipment) to the territory of Ukraine of 
products, the list of which is approved by the Order of the  Ministry of Agrarian Policy and 
Food of Ukraine of 26 March 2018 No. 159 "On approval of the products subject to state 
control in the designated inspection points"  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  The draft Order is developed with the aim of ensuring 
documentary verification at the state border of Ukraine of goods imported (shipped) to 
the customs t erritory of Ukraine, which consists of carrying out the verification of the 
international certificate containing information on the compliance of the goods with the 
legislation on food, feed, animal by -products  
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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, chapte r 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:  The 
Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine of 26.03.2018 No.159 "On 
approval of the products subject to state control in the designated inspection points" 
(available in Ukrainian), notified as G/SPS/N/UKR/128  
The Order of the Ministr y of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine of 16.11.2018   No. 553 
"On approving requirements for importing (sending) into the customs territory of Ukraine 
of live animals, their reproductive material, food products of animal origin, feed, hay, 
straw, as well  as by -products of animal origin and products of their processing" (available 
in Ukrainian), notified as G/SPS/N/UKR/111/Rev.1  
The Law of Ukraine "On state control to check compliance with the legislation on food, 
feed, animal by -products, animal health an d welfare" (available in Ukrainian), notified as 
G/SPS/N/UKR/123  
The text of the draft Order in Ukrainian   and forms of international certificates in Ukrainian 
and English are available on the official website of the Ministry for Development of 
Economy, Tr ade and Agriculture of Ukraine:  
http://me.gov .ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk -UA&id=d3371fa6 -9720-4543-b2bf-
b51a71d7822f&title=ProektNakazuMinisterstvaRozvitkuEkonomiki -
TorgivliTaSilskogoGospodarstvaUkrainiproZatverdzhenniaFormMizhnarodnikhSertifikativ   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be de termined  
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) : This Order shall enter into force from the date of its publication  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designated to handle c omments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine  
Department of Market Access and Cooperation with the WTO  
Address: 12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
City: Kyiv, 01008Country/Territory: Ukraine  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua  G/SPS/N/UKR/138  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax num ber and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine  
Department of Market Access and Cooperation with the WTO  
Address: 12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
City: Kyiv, 01008Country/Territory: Ukraine  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua