G/SPS/N/UKR/97  
 
6 August 2014  
(14-4614)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
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  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Live pigs, feed produced from pork products (except 
heat-treated feed for unproductive animals and poultry) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Canada, China, Columbia, Dominican Republic, 
Japan, Mexico, United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document: Notice as of 25 July 2014 #15-9-1-23/20162 of 
Deputy Chief State Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine "On temporary 
prohibition of import of live pigs, feed produced from pork products (except heat-treated 
feed for unproductive animals and poultry) into  the territory of Ukraine from the territory 
of the USA, Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Dominican Republic, China and Japan"  
Language(s): Ukrainian  Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: In connection with the identification of the disease of porcine 
epidemic diarrhea (PED) on the territory of  abovementioned countries, with the aim to 
avoid entering the causative agent into the territory of Ukraine, according to the Notice of Deputy Chief State Inspector of Veterina ry Medicine of Ukraine #15-9-1-23/19945 of 
21 July 2014 it is temporarily prohibited the import to Ukraine of live pigs, feed 
produced from pork products (except heat-treated feed for unproductive animals and poultry) from their territory. 
According to this decision, the Notice of Chief State Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of 
Ukraine as of 24 June 2014 #15-9-1-23/18434 is not valid any more. 
The imports of other commodities from thes e countries, which are under the control of 
the State veterinary service, should be carri ed out according to veterinary requirements 
for imports into Ukraine of objects of state veterinary and sanitary control and 
supervision. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: Following the 
recent outbreaks of disease of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), Ukraine considered it necessary to review the animal health requirements for the entry of consignments of 
porcine animals into Ukraine from countries in which the disease is present. G/SPS/N/UKR/97 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial 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? 
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:      
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
25 July 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] 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 Kyiv, Hrushevskogo str,12/2 Tel: +(380 44) 596 68 39 
Fax: +(380 44) 596 68 39 
E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if availabl e) of other body: