G/SPS/N/UKR/126  
 
24 May 2018  
(18-3086) 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 Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, 
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Plants, products of plant origin, plants quarantine  
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 Law of Ukraine "On A mending Certain 
Legislative Acts of Ukraine concerning the Regulation of carrying out Certain Phytosanitary 
Procedures" . Language(s): Ukrainian.  Number of pages: 14 
6. Description of content: The draft Law of Ukraine "On A mending Certain Legislative Acts 
of Ukraine concerning the Regulation of carrying out Certain Phytosanitary Procedures"  
provides  for: 
 the establishment of a procedure for the authorization of laboratories for the 
implementation of phytosanitary examination (tests), whose functioning will create an 
effective system of traceability of the conclusions of laboratories and phytosanitary 
certificates;  
 the implementation of the Register of Authorized Phytosanitary Laboratories;  
 the legal regulation of the conduct of phytosanitary examination and arbitration of 
phytosanitar y examination;  
 the determination of the validity period of phytosanitary certificate s in the territory of 
Ukraine - 14 days;  
 the establishment of administrative responsibility of officials of phytosanitary 
laboratories for improper observance of the legisl ation on quarantine of plants during 
phytosanitary examination;  
 taking into account the phytosanitary requirements of the importing country when 
issuing a phytosanitary certificate for export and re -export.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/UKR/126  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
 ISPM 1 : Phytosanitary principles for protection of plants and application of 
phytosanitary measures in the international trade;  
 ISPM 5 : Glossary of phytosanitary terms, in terms of determining the term 
supervision;  
 ISPM 6 : Guidelines for surveillance;  
 ISPM 7 : Phytosani tary certification system (Paragraphs 2.2.,3.1 and summary 
of requirements);  
 ISPM 12: Guidelines for Phytosanitary certificates  
 ISPM 23 : Guidelines for inspection.  
[ ] None  
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: With the entry into force the Draft law, business entities will be 
able to develop their business through some of the functions of the national plant 
protection organization, but it will be difficult to implement a number of requirements for 
IRSS and ISPM.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: The Law 
of Ukraine "On plant quarantine"  (available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 July 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The text of the Draft Law is available in Ukrainian on the official web -site of the Verkhovna 
Rada of Ukraine: http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=62211