G/SPS/N/UKR/98  
 
6 August 2014  
(14-4617)  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): Animals susceptible to ASF, its products, raw materials 
and semen 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Poland  
5. Title of the notified document: Notice #15-9-1-23/20217 as of 25 July 2014 of the 
Deputy Chief State Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine on prohibition of import of animals susceptible to ASF, its products, raw materials and semen into the territory of 
Ukraine from the territory of the Republic of Poland  Language(s): Ukrainian  Number 
of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: In connection with the identification of the ASF among 
domestic pigs on the territory of Poland, the decision of the Deputy Chief State Inspector of Veterinary Medicine as of 25 July 2014 temporarily prohibits import from Poland of 
live animals susceptible to detected disease, animal products such as raw and 
reproductive material from them. 
According to this decision, the Notice of Chief State Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of 
Ukraine as of 18 June 2014 #15-9-1-23/17924 is not valid any more. 
The imports of other commodities from this country, which are under the control of the 
State veterinary service, should be carried 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 outbreak of ASF disease among domest ic pigs in Poland, Ukraine considered it 
necessary to review the animal health requirements for the entry of consignments of porcine animals into Ukraine from this country. G/SPS/N/UKR/98 
 
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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) Chapter 15.1 
[ ] 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:   
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: