G/SPS/N/UKR/96  
 
6 August 2014  
(14-4613)  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): Pigs, its raw materials and semen, feed and feed 
additives produced from pork products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Russian Federation  
5. Title of the notified document: Notice as of 21 July 2014 # 15-9-1-23/19945 of 
Deputy Chief State Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine "On prohibition of import of pigs, pork products, its raw materials and semen, feed and feed additives produced 
from pork products into the territory of Ukraine from the territory of the Russian 
Federation"  Language(s): Ukrainian  Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: According to the official announcement of the Rosselhoznadzor 
of the Russian Federation, the country registered an African swine fever in Briansk, Orenburg, and Kursk regions in pork products, delivered from Pskov Oblast 
(LLS "Velykolukskyy Myasokombinat"). 
In order to avoid entering the causative agent into the territory of Ukraine, according to 
the Notice of the Deputy Chief State Inspecto r of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine # 15-9-
1-23/19945 of 21 July 2014 it is temporarily prohibited the import to Ukraine of animals 
susceptible to detected disease, its products, raw materials and semen, feed and feed additives produced from its products from the Russian Federation. 
According to this decision, the Notices of Chief State Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of 
Ukraine as of 5 December 2007 #15-2/5310,  as of 23 July 2008 #15-2/4472, as of 
30 July 2008 #15-2/4601, as of 12 November 2008 #15-2/7489, as of 4 January 2011 #15-2-23/4, as of 21 February 2011 # 15-2-23/1358, as of 25 March 2011 #15-2-
23/2501 and as of 2 June 2011 #15-2-23/4674 are 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.   G/SPS/N/UKR/96 
 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Official 
announcement of the Rosselhoznadzor on registration of African swine fever in Briansk, Orenbough and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation. 
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): 
21 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: