G/SG/N/6/UKR/15  
 
10 December 2019 
(19-8517) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(A) OF TH E AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INI TIATION OF AN INVEST IGATION  
AND THE REASONS FOR IT 
UKRAINE  
(Syringes ) 
The following communication, dated 10 December 2019, is being ci rculated at the request of the 
delegation of Ukraine . 
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards and using the format adopted by the 
Committee on Safeguards (G/SG/N/6), Ukraine hereby submits notification of the initiatio n of a 
safeguards investigatory process, as follows:  
1  SPECIFY THE DATE WHE N THE INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED  
On 7 December 2019 the investigation process was initiated in accordance with the Decision of the 
Interdepartmental Commission of Foreign Trade of 2 December 2019 No.  SP-432/2019/4411 -03 
"On initiation and conduction of safeguard investigation on import in Ukraine of syringes regardless 
of country of origin and export".  
2  PROVIDE THE PRECISE DESCRIPTION OF THE P RODUCT INVOLVED  
Disposable syringes, of pol ymeric materials with or without needles, two -component and three -
component, imported in Ukraine and classified in accordance with UKTZED (UKTZED is the 
Ukrainian Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Classification, based on Harmonized System 2012) 
under co de 9018  31 10 00. 
3  PROVIDE THE REASONS FOR THE INITIATION O F INVESTIGATION  
(i) The investigation has been initiated pursuant to the petition of the domestic industry, in 
particular by PJSC "The enterprise for the production of medical products of polymer 
materi als "Hemoplast".  
(ii) The statement sets out sufficiently substantiated evidence on the basis of  which it can be 
considered as having been submitted by the appropriate national producer.  
(iii) The statement provides sufficient substantiated evidence on the basis of which, during Q2 
2015 - Q1 2019, imports in Ukraine of syringes regardless of country of ori gin and export 
were carried out to such an extent and on such conditions that it could cause significant 
injury to the national producer.  G/SG/N/6/UKR/15  
 
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  4  PROVIDE A POINT OF C ONTACT FOR THE INVES TIGATION AND IDENTIF Y THE 
PREFERRED MEANS FOR CORRESPONDING  
Address for corres pondence: Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of 
Ukraine; M.  Hrushevskogo str. 12/2, Kyiv, 01008; Phone: +38044 253 -93-94, +38044 253 -74-69, 
+38044 253 -63-71; Fax: +38044 226 -31-81; e -mail: meconomy@me.gov.ua . 
Information contact point: Phone: +38044 596 -67-48, e -mail: tradedefence@me.gov.ua , 
oshirchenko@me.gov.ua . 
5  PROVIDE THE DEADLINES AND PR OCEDURES FOR IMPORTE RS, EXPORTERS AND 
OTHER INTERESTED PAR TIES TO PRESENT EVID ENCE  
Notice of the Decision of the Interdepartmental Commission of Foreign Trade of 02 December 2019 
No. SP -432/2019/4411 -03 is published in "Uryadovuy Courie r" as of 07 December 2019, No  236. 
(https://cutt.ly/4e7dOhX ). 
Within 30 days from the notice publication, the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and 
Agriculture of Ukraine carries out registration of interest ed parties and considers the requirements 
for conducting of hearings. In investigation initiation enquiry it is necessary to indicate: name, 
juridical address, fax and telephone number, e -mail and name of contact person, type of activity 
(producer, importe r, exporter, etc.). The recommended form of request for registration as an 
interested party of an investigation is provided in the annex to the notice.  
Within 60 days from the notice publication, the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and 
Agricultu re of Ukraine considers the written comments on the initiation of investigation. 
Information should be provided in Ukrainian or in original language, accompanied by the Ukrainian 
translation. If case the information is confidential, it is necessary to prep are and submit to the 
Ministry both confidential and non -confidential versions.  
 
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