G/SPS/N/UKR/182  
 
30 August 2022  
(22-6481) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health of Ukraine  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Hazardous chemicals  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 
"On Prohibition of the Production and Use at Work of Certain Hazardous Chemicals" . 
Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  3 
https://moz.gov.ua/article/public -discussions/proek t-postanovi -kabinetu -ministriv -ukraini -
pro-zaboronu -virobnictva -i-vikoristannja -v-roboti -dejakih -nebezpechnih -himichnih -
rechovin   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_5856_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft Resolution provides for the approval of the List of 
hazardous chemicals prohibited for production and use at work.  The purpose is t o prevent 
the exposure of workers to health risks from certain chemical substances and/or certain 
activities involving chemical substances.  
It is also defined that the prohibition  does not apply if:  
− the chemical substance is present in another chemical substance, or as a constituent of 
waste, provided that its concentration therein is less than the limit specified;  
− for the purpose of scientific research testing and analysis;  
− for ac tivities intended to eliminate chemical substances that are present in the form of 
by-products or waste products;  
− for the production of the chemical substances specified in the List for use as 
intermediates, and for such use.  
The draft Resolution is designed to implement Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 
on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical 
agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of 
Directive 89/39 1/EEC) as regards the adoption of a list of hazardous chemicals prohibited 
for production and use at work, which will be further revised and supplemented.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect hu mans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/UKR/182  
 
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  8. 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Law of Ukraine "On Ensuring Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of the Population"  
(available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into f orce: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2023  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Add ress, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: