. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/50 
4 February 2011  
 (11-0575) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  State Service of Plant Quarantine of Ukraine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Potatoes, fresh or chilled (HS Code 0701), tomatoes (HS Code 0702), 
aubergines (HS Code 070930) , pepper (HS Code 070960) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Turkey  
5. Title of the notified document:  Decision No 75-497-012-1 of 24 January 2011 of Chief 
State Inspector of Plant Quarantine of Ukrain e on abolishment of prohibition of imports 
into territory of Ukraine of potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines, peppers from Turkey 
Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The Decision of Chief State Inspector of Plant Quarantine of 
Ukraine No 75-497-012-1 of 24 January 2011 has been adopted.  According to this Decision, the Decisions of Chief State Insp ector of Plant Quarantine of Ukraine No. 299-
012-1 of 3 June 2010 and No 3519-012-1 of 30 November 2010 are considered to be 
invalid. 
The import of other regulated commodities from this country should be carried out 
according to phytosanitary requireme nts for imports into Ukraine. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] 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:  Taking into 
consideration the results of inspection in the country of origin, measures which have been 
taken to locate and eliminate quarantine pests such as Phthorimaea opercula  Zell and Tuta 
absoluta , as well as results of negotiations between the parties, the prohibition of imports 
into territory of Ukraine of potatoes, tomato es, aubergines, peppers from Turkey has been 
abolished. G/SPS/N/UKR/50 
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  9. 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)   
[X] 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):  
24 January 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
"http://golovderzhkarantyn.gov.ua/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=240&It
emid=1 " (Ukrainian version)