G/TBT/N/UKR/92  
 
25 April 2013  
(13-2189)  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:  State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
WTO Enquiry Point and Notification Authority of Ukraine  
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
Telephone/Fax:  +(38 044) 281 95-34, +(38 044) 596 6839 E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 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):  Fish, other 
aquatic living resources and fishery products. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Law of Ukraine 
"On fish, other aquatic living resources and food products from them"(as amended by the Law of Ukraine of 16 October 2012 No.5462-IV "On amendments to some legislative acts 
of Ukraine concerning activities of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and 
other Central Executive Bodies, whose activities are directed and coordinated through the appropriate ministries" (9 pages, in Ukrainian language).     
6. Description of content:  According to the provisions of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine of 
6 February 2003 No 486-IV "On fish, other aquatic living resources and food products from them" (with latest amendments of 16 October 2012), it is required, at importing fish and 
relevant fish products into Ukraine, submission of a document on validation of water bio 
resources catch legality or similar document, confirmed by the competent authority of a foreign State.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The aim of the proposed measure is approximation of the Ukrainian 
legislation to EU Regulations, particularly to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008  of 
29 September 2008, establishing a community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 an d repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 
and (EC) No 1447/1999.  G/TBT/N/UKR/92 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 4 July 2012 
No. 596 "On approval of the issuance of confirmation of the legality of the removal of aquatic biological resources out of their habitats and fishing products processing". 
http://zakon4.rada .gov.ua/laws/show/596-2012-%D0%BF#n8  
Order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ukraine of 7 August 2012 No. 482 "On 
approval of confirmation of the legality of water biological resources extraction" 
http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1437-12  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 9 December 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Internet address where the text is available: 
http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/486-15  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachme nts/2013/tbt/UKR/13_1639_00_x.pdf