G/SPS/N/UKR/109  
 
15 February 2016  
(16-0939)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: UKRAINE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: State Veterinaty and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Plants, products of plant origin, plants quarantine, 
regulated pests 
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: Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain 
Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding deregulation in agricultural sector"  Language(s): 
Ukrainian  Number of pages: 8 
http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/867-19  
6. Description of content: Paragraph 6 of the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain 
Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding deregulation in agricultural sector" amends 
Articles 1, 4, 7, 12, 35, 36, 39, 41, 43 and repeals Article 37 of the Law of Ukraine "On plant quarantine" in part, where it concerns the abolition of quarantine import permit 
(transit) as authorization document which issued by the State Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
 ISPM 3 Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and release of biological 
control agents and other beneficial organisms  
 ISPM 7 Phytosanitary certification system 
 ISPM 12 Phytosanitary certificates 
 ISPM 20 Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system 
 ISPM 25 Consignments in transit 
[ ] None G/SPS/N/UKR/109 
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [X] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: Above-mentioned ISPMs envisage the procedure for 
establishing phytosanitary requirements to regulation import objects in quarantine permit on import or transit. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Law of Ukraine "On plant quarantine" as of 30 June 1993 No. 3348-XII; Resolution of 
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On some issues concerning the implementation of 
the Law of Ukraine" "On plant quarantine" as of 12 May 2007 No. 705; Order of the 
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukra ine "On approving the list of regulated pests" 
as of 29 November 2006 No. 716 (available in Ukrainian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2016 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : From the date of 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) : 15 April 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: