. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/41 
25 November 2009  
 (09-5927) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UKRAINE
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agrarian Policy, The State committee for technical 
regulation and consumer policy (DSSU) 
Name and address (including telephone 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 Information Processing Centre: MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq., tel. +38 (044) 272-11-24, fax +38 (044) 2 72-11-47, Email: ep@mfert.gov.ua 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Food products of plant 
origin (HS 0701, 0702 00 00 00, 0703, 0704, 0705, 0706, 0707 00, 0708, 0709, 0710, 0711, 0712, 0713, 0714, 0801, 0802, 0803 00, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0808, 0809, 0810, 0811, 0812, 0813) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft order of the 
DSSU “On amendments to the List of Good s Subject to Mandatory Certification in 
Ukraine” (5 pages, in Ukrainian).      
6. Description of content:  This draft of regulatory act establishes the mandatory certification 
of food products of plant origin and issuing of certificates of conformity with information 
concerning product’s safety in accordance with Ukrainian regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection. So far agricultural produc ts and food products of plant origin were 
excluded from mandatory certification with resp ect to the MRL of pesticides, nitrates and 
nitrites. Thus there is a risk of marketing of  products polluted by potent chemical agents 
and threat to human heath.  
8. Relevant documents:   The Order of the DSSU #28 of 1 February 2005 concerning the List 
of Goods Subject to Mandatory Certificati on in Ukraine (with changes and amendments) 
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=z0466-05  
The text of the draft of Technical regulation can be found in Ukrainian at: 
http://www.dssu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/category/main?cat_id=135613    G/TBT/N/UKR/41 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }2009 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification  
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses,  if available of the other body:   WTO Enquiry 
Point and Information Processing Centre: MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq., tel. +38 (044) 272-11-24, fax +38 (044) 272-11-47, e-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua.  
Website where the text is available: 
http://www.dssu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/category/main?cat_id=135613
 (in Ukrainian)