G/SPS/N/UKR/90  
 
30 August 2013  
(13-4607)  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: Ministry of Health 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): Children food products 
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: The Draft Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine 
"On approval of Hygienic requirements for ch ildren foods, safety parameters and certain 
quality indicators"  Language(s): Ukrainian  Number of pages: 56 
6. Description of content: The draft order sets hygienic requirements for primary and 
infant formula feeding and required composition for children foods based on cereals and other children food, as well as requirements for labelling and advertising of these 
products. 
The project establishes a list of pesticides prohibited for use in the primary production 
and maximum residue levels of pesticides or their metabolites. 
The draft sets the requirements for proce ssed foods based on cereals for infants and 
other types of children food. It establishe s chemical names of substances that are 
allowed to be added to individual types of children food, as well as the reference value to 
indicate the nutritional value for other types of children food. 
This draft has been notified to the WTO Secretariat under the TBT Agreement. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/UKR/90 
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] 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: 
This draft Law is prepared taking into account Commission Directive 2006/141/EC of 
22 December 2006 On infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council of 
6 May 2009, International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutes and the laws of 
Ukraine "On children's nutrition", "On safety and quality of food products" (available in Ukrainian). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : October 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : October 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Two years after its official 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) : 29 October 2013 
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:  
Division for Enquiries, Notification and Information Processing 
Department for WTO Cooperation and Trade Remedies 
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 04655, Kyiv, Hrushevskogo str., 12/2 
Tel: +(38044) 596 68 39 
Fax: +(38044) 281 95 34 E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Division for Enquiries, Notification and Information Processing  
Department for WTO Cooperation and Trade Remedies 
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 04655, Kyiv, Hrushevskogo str., 12/2 
Tel: +(38044) 596 68 39 
Fax: +(38044) 281 95 34  E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua 
Website where the text is available: 
http://www.moz.gov.ua/ua/portal/dn_20130716_0.html  (Ukrainian version)