G/SPS/N/UKR/132  
 
25 January 2019  
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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: 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): Food information  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevan t or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Law of Ukraine as of 6 December 2018 No.2639 -VIII 
"On information for consumers regarding food products" . Language(s): Ukrainian.  
Number of pages: 91 
6. Description of content: The Law establishes:  
 legal and organizational principles for providing consumers with information on food 
products in order to ensure a high level of protection of public health and meet their 
social and econ omic interests;  
 general principles and requirements on food information, in particular regarding food 
labeling, and the obligations of market operators to inform other market operators 
and consumers.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] 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 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] 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:  G/SPS/N/UKR/132  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Regulation (EU) No  1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending 
Regulations (EC) No  1924/2006 a nd (EC) No  1925/2006 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 
90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council, Commission  Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and 
Commission Regulation (EC) No  608/2004 . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 6 December 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months fr om date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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 Law is available in Ukrainian on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada 
of Ukraine: http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=64171