G/TBT/N/UKR/89  
 
22 February 2013  
(13-0945)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health of Ukraine 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine  
01008, Kyiv, 12/2 M. Hrushevskogo str. 
Tel./Fax.:  +38044 596 68 39/ +38044 281 95 34 E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Goods 
related with advertising and promotion of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Law of 
Ukraine "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding the Prohibition of Advertising, Sponsorship and Promotion of Tobacco Products" of 22 September 2011 
No 3778-IV, (4 pages in Ukrainian language).     G/TBT/N/UKR/89 
 
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6. Description of content: This Law amends Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" of 3 July.1996 
No 270/96-BP, Law of Ukrain e "On measures to prevent an d reduce tobacc o use and its 
harmful effects on health of 22 Septembe r 2005 No 2899-IV, Code of Ukraine on 
Administrative Offences of 7 December19 84 No 8073-X  concerning the following:  
- Activities of free distribution, including for marketing research and tasting, of 
tobacco products; 
- The use of tobacco products in order to obtain goods and services, offering or 
providing any direct or indirect compensation for the purchase or use of tobacco 
products; 
- Offering or providing bonuses, cash return, the right to participate in any game, 
lottery, contest, events, directly or indirectly related to tobacco, or if the condition of, or participation in which, is the purchasing or consuming of tobacco products; 
- Sale of tobacco products as the set with any other goods or services; 
- The information about the producer of tobacco and / or tobacco products in areas 
where these products are sold or provided to the consumer, including the elements 
of equipment and / or design of trade places (with the exception of one poster no 
larger than 40 cm by 30 cm per place of trade, which is the text information about commercially available tobacco products and their prices); 
- Placing information in order to stimulate sales of tobacco directly on tobacco 
products and / or packaging, including: drawings and other images that are not part of a protected trademark, web addresses, e-mail, attachment to the packaging of tobacco products; textual or graphic information in a transparent wrapper packaging 
of tobacco products; 
- Restriction on  advertising activities concerning  alcoholic beverages and tobacco 
products, trademarks for goods and services, and other intellectual property rights, 
under which alcoholic beverages and tobacco products are manufactured; 
- Prohibition of distribution and sale of any goods (other than goods that are 
associated with the consumption of tobacco products, lighters, matches, ashtrays) 
with the use of trademarks for goods and services, and other intellectual property 
rights, under which tobacco products and alcoholic beverages are manufactured. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
With the aim of health protection this Law provides for:  
- a total ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products; 
- strengthening of control and responsibility for violation of the legislation on ban on 
advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products 
8. Relevant documents:   Law of Ukraine "On Advertising"  of 3 July 1996 No 270/96-BP 
(with latest amendments of 6 November 2012); Law of Ukraine "On measures to prevent and reduce tobacco use and its harmful effects on health" of 22 September 2005 No 2899-I V  ( w i t h  l a t e s t  a m e n d m e n t s  o f  1 6  O c t o b e r  2 0 1 2 ) :  C o d e  o f  U k r a i n e  o n  A d m i n i s t r a t i v e  
Offences of 7 December 1984 No 8073-X (wit h latest amendments of 2 October 2012)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - - 
10. Final date for comments:  - G/TBT/N/UKR/89 
 
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11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Internet address where the text is available (in Ukrainian): 
http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3778-17