G/TBT/N/UKR/176  
21 December 2020  
(20-9214) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of 
Ukraine  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated i f different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  All 
chemicals  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft Law 
of Ukraine "On Chemical Safety" (96 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Law is developed to determine the legal, 
organizational and economic principles in the field of chemical safety, aimed at preventing 
the negative impact of chemical products on the environment and public health, 
establishing relations arising in  the field of chemical safety management, taking into 
account Ukraine's international obligations in this area.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The draft Law aims to create a regulatory framework for e stablishing a 
functional national system of chemical safety with the definition of clear powers, rights 
and responsibilities of government agencies, businesses, the general public, the 
introduction of modern approaches to chemical management and chemical s afety, 
approximation and adaptation of national legislation to the legislation of   the European 
Union. The draft Law provides the establishment of legal regulation of the management 
of chemical safety and chemical products. The mechanism for implementing t he Law 
includes the introduction of new rules and requirements for:  
• setting goals of state policy in the field of chemical safety;  
• identification of sources of chemical safety threats;  
• introduction of chemical safety guarantees;  
• classification and standardization in the field of chemical safety;  
• functioning of the information system in the field of chemical safety;  
• production and handling of chemical products;  
• chemical safety plans and programs;  G/TBT/N/UKR/176  
 
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  • financial and economic instruments in the field of chemical safety;  
• education, research and information support in the field of chemical safety;  
• liability for violations of chemical safety legislation;  
• international cooperation in the field of chemical safety.  
National security requirements ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous 
Wastes and their Disposal  
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain 
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade  
• Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutions (POPs)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  8 February 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The text is available in Ukrainian at the official web -site of the Ministry of Environmental 
Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine:  
https://mepr.gov.ua/news/36455.html