. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/45 
1 March 2010  
 (10-1140) 
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:  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: M SP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq., 
Tel.:  +38 (044) 272-11-24, Fax:  +38 (0 44) 272-11-47, E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other: [X]  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Food products which 
contain genetically modified organisms (furthe r – GMO) or made with the usage of them 
and are meant for placing on the market.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft Resolution 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On approval of the new Order of labelling of food 
products containing genetically modified orga nisms" (3 pages, in Ukrainian).     
6. Description of content:  The mentioned draft Resolution approves the new Order of 
labelling of food products containing genetically  modified organisms and also withdraws 
the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as of 13 May 2009 No. 468.  
It is defined in the new Order that the f ood products containing genetically modified 
organisms should be considered those produc ts, which whole or its components contain 
more than 0.1% of organisms. 
According to the new requirements the food products in which GMO exceed 0.1% should 
be marked "With GMO" and those food pro ducts which contain less than 0.1% GMO 
should be marked as "Without GMO". 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
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  8. Relevant documents:   This regulatory act is prepared taking into account the Law of 
Ukraine of 17 December 2009 No.1779-VI "On amendments to some legislative acts of 
Ukraine as to providing information on content of genetically modified components in the 
products" and the Law of Ukraine of 17 D ecember 2009 No.1778-VI "On amendments to 
the Law of Ukraine "On safety and quality of food products" as to informing of citizens on 
presence of genetically modified organisms in food products".                                               
The text of the draft Resolution can be found in Ukrainian at:                                             http://www.dssu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/category/main?cat_id=140141
 (Ukrainian 
version)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }March 2010 
10. Final date for comments:  5 March 2010 
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=140141
 (Ukrainian 
version)