G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.1  
 
14 March 2019  
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO THE DECISION ON  NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
 UKRAINE  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 14 March  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Ukraine . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  Ukraine  
B. Date of notification :  11 March 201 9 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/ UKR/4 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4 ) which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 11 March 2019  
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 Correction of the WTO justification for measures related to export of goods that are currently 
in force due to amendments to the legislation  
 
                                                
* In English  only.  
  G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.1  
 
- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
according to 
UKTZED 
(based on HS 
2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
(e.g. Article  XX(g) of 
the GATT, etc.) and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments (e.g. 
Montreal Protocol, 
CITES, etc)  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation 
or administrative 
decision)  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary e xport 
prohibition of 
unprocessed timber  P-X 
 4403 Unprocessed timber  GATT Article  XX (g)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The Law of Ukraine “On 
amendments to the 
Law of Ukraine on the 
specifics of state 
regulation of business 
activities related to the 
implementation and 
export of timber” 
regarding the 
temporary export 
prohibition of 
unprocessed timber         
of 9 April 2015 №  325-
VIII. Entered into force 
on 10 July 2015.  
 
The Law of Ukraine “On 
amendments to some 
legislative acts of 
Ukraine concerning 
preservation of 
Ukrainian forests and 
preventing the illegal 
export of unprocessed 
timber” of 6 September 
2018 №  2531-VIII. 
Entered into force on    
1 January 2019.   State agency for 
forest resources.  
 
Prohibition of 
unprocessed timber 
under HS 4403 came 
into force from 
01.11.2015 for tree 
species, except pine 
trees, and from 
01.01.2017 for pine . 
Export is prohibited 
for the period of 10 
years.  
 
For the period of 
export prohibition of 
unprocessed timber 
under HS 4403 the 
restriction on 
domestic 
consumption of local 
unprocessed timber 
in the volume of 25 
million cubic meters 
per year is 
establish ed. 
 
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