WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/44 
12 January 2011 
 (11-0211) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Health of Ukraine 
Grushevskogo str., 7 
01601, Kyiv, Ukraine 
Tel:  +(3 8044) 253 72 90 E-mail:  moz@moz.gov.ua website:  http://www.moz.gov.ua
 
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):  Children's food products 
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:  The draft Law of Ukraine "On amendments to Law of 
Ukraine on children's nutrition", registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as No.2746-
VI of 2 December 2010  Language:  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  8   
6. Description of content:  The draft Law states new terminology that is differentiated by 
types of children's food products taking in to account their purpose and composition.  It 
extends requirements of safety and qualit y for bottled water intended for preparing 
children's mixture and drinks and clarifies sta ndards for raw materials that can be used for 
children's food products manufacture. 
This Draft Law forbids the use of raw ma terial obtained from genetically modified 
organisms and those that contains geneti cally modified organisms in production of 
children's food.  It also specifies requirement s for the prohibition of use of raw materials 
that do not meet State health standards a nd proposes abolishment of the prohibition on the 
use of starch and wheat flour in children's food starch and wheat flour. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/UKR/44 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This Draft 
Law is prepared taking into account the laws  of Ukraine "On children's nutrition", "On 
safety and quality of food products", "On consumer right protection", "On Veterinary 
Medicine", "On ensuring sanitary and epidemio logic welfare of population" (available in 
Ukrainian). 
Commission Directive 2006/141/EC of 22 December 2006 On infant formulae and follow-
on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  First quarter of 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  First quarter of 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  90 days after official publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  13 March 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
WTO National Enquiry Point & Information Processing Centre 
04655, Kyiv, Lvivska Square, 8 Tel:  +(380 44) 272-11-47 Fax:  +(380 44) 272-15-78 E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua  G/SPS/N/UKR/44 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
WTO National Enquiry Point & Information Processing Centre  
04655, Kyiv, Lvivska Square, 8,  Tel:  +(380 44) 272-11-47 
Fax:  +(380 44) 272-15-78, 
E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua 
Website where the text is available: 
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z web_n/webproc4_1? id=&pf3511=35412
 (Ukrainian version)