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G/SPS/N/UKR/83 
7 August 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  State veterinary and phytosanitary service of Ukraine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Source of genetically modified organisms which are contained in the feeds, 
feed additives, veterinary drugs or used for their production. 
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:  Draft Order "On approval of the procedure of the state 
veterinary-sanitary expertise GMO sources"  Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of 
pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Order sets the mechanism of veterinary-sanitary 
expertise of genetically modified organi sms as sources of feed, feed additives and 
veterinary drugs containing such or ganisms or derived from their use. 
Veterinary-sanitary expertise of GMO sources aimed at assessing the quality and safety of 
sources and include analytical research, eval uation of safety and equivalence, and (if 
necessary) clinical studies. 
The above-mentioned document defines the list  of necessary documents for conduction of 
veterinary-sanitary expertise of GMO sources. 
The Draft Order determines safety requirement of GMO sources (content of toxic elements, 
content of mycotoxins, content of pesticides,  microbiological parameters and content of 
other pollutants).   
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/UKR/83 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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 
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:  The Law of 
Ukraine "On the State Biosafety System for cr eating, testing, transportation and use of 
genetically modified organisms" N° 1103-16, the latest edition of 9 February 2010 
(Ukrainian) Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 12 November 2010 
N° 919 "The issues of implementation of Article  7 Law of Ukraine "On the state Biosafety 
System for creating, testing, transportation and use of genetically modified organisms" 
(available in Ukrainian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  - 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  From the date of official publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  19 July 2012 
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:   
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
01008, Kyiv, 12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str. 
Tel./Fax:  +(38044) 596 68 39 
E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine  
01008, Kyiv, 12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str. Tel./Fax:  +(38044) 596 68 39 
E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua 
Internet address where the text is available:  http://vet.gov.ua/law/draft/?draft=210  
(available in Ukrainian)