G/SPS/N/UKR/80/Rev.1  
 
22 March 2013  
(13-1577)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, State Veterinary 
and Phytosanitary Service 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):  Foodstuffs 
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:  Revision of the Draft Law of Ukraine "On 
Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine on Food Safety"  Language(s):  Ukrainian   
Number of pages:  120 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/UKR/13_1206_00_x.pdf  G/SPS/N/UKR/80/Rev.1 
 
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6. Description of content:  The main purpose of the Draft Law is to establish the 
transparent mechanism for ensuring food products safety and quality through the 
delegation of functions to the single state cont rol authority the in the field of food safety 
and quality "from farm to fork" according to the requirements of EU legislation. 
It is planned to amend 11 legislative acts of Ukraine, such as: 
 the Laws of Ukraine "On food safety and quality", "On children's nutrition", "On 
consumers rights protection", "On excluding from circulation, processing, disposal, annihilation or further use of bad quality and dangerous products", "On the 
veterinary medicine"; 
 the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On standardisation and 
certification"; 
 the Code of Ukraine on administrative infringements; 
 the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Commercial Code of Ukraine etc. 
 The Draft Law sets the requirements to: 
 the procedures of state control and supervision; 
 obligatory gradual implementation of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points 
(HACCP) by food manufacturers; 
 traceability of food products production (possibility to trace the food products on all 
stages of production, processing and circulation); 
 increasing of food manufacturers responsibility etc. 
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.    
8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[X] 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:   
 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
28 January 2002 laying down the general prin ciples and requirements of food law, 
establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in 
matters of food safety; 
 Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs; 
 Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin; 
 Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 laying down specific consumption; 
 Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance 
with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules. G/SPS/N/UKR/80/Rev.1 
 
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10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  May 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :    
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  21 May 2013 
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. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Text available at: http://old.vet.gov.ua/data/draft/draft_750.doc  (available in Ukrainian)