. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/LIC/N/2/UKR/2 
17 May 2011 
 (11-2505) 
Committee on Import Licensing Original:   English 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
 
Notification under Article 5.1
 
 
UKRAINE 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 22 Apr il 2011, has been received from the Permanent 
Mission of Ukraine.  
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(a) List of products subject to licensing procedures
 
 Raw cane sugar (HS 1701.11)  
     
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility  
WTO National Enquiry Point & Information Processing Centre 
04655, Kyiv, Lvivska Square, 8,  tel. +380(044)272-11-47, fax +380(044)272-15-78,  
e-mail: ep@me.gov.ua     
     
(c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications
 
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade 
01008, Kyiv, M.Grushevskogo str., 12/2,  tel. +380(044)253-93-94,  fax +380(044)226-31-81 
e-mail: meconomy@me.gov.ua   
the State Agency on State Material Reserve of Ukraine  
01601, Kyiv, Pushkinska str., 28 tel. +380(044)234-63-47,  fax +380(044)234-01-18 
e-mail: komitet@gosrezerv.gov.ua 
 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine  01001, Kyiv, Khreshchatyk str., 24 tel. +380(044)279-84-74, fax +380(044)279-8545 
e-mail: post@minapk.gov.ua  
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  (d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published
 
Uriadovy Curier of 11.03.2011 N 44, Oficiyny Visnyk Ukrainy, 2011, N 18 (18.03.2011),            
p. 741 - The Resolution of the Cabinet of Mi nisters of Ukraine "On amendments to the 
Procedure for Allocating the Tariff Rate Quota on Imported Raw Cane Sugar" of 28 February 2011 No. 204.  
 
The Procedure for issuing licences to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount of 
tariff rate quota is specified in the Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine of 20 January2009 No. 15 (with amendments – Or der No.239, published in Oficiyny Visnyk 
Ukrainy, 2011, N 22 (01.04.2011). The mentioned Order (with amendments) is available in 
Ukrainian on the official site of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of Ukraine: 
http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=z0117-09 
 
(e) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is automatic or non-automatic according to 
definitions contained in Articles 2 and 3  
 Licensing procedure is non-automatic. 
 (f) In the case of automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose
 
 Not applicable. 
 (g) In the case of non-automatic import licensing procedures, indication of the measure being 
implemented through the licensing procedure  
Licences are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. 
 Licenses are issued on the approval of the State Agency on Material Reserve of Ukraine and 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. The approvals of both the authorities 
should be received by the applicants before applying for licenses. 
 The Procedure for issuing licenses to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within the amount of 
tariff rate quota is specified in the Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine of 20 January 2009 No. 15 (with amendments). 
 
(h) Expected duration of the licensing procedure if this can be estimated with some probability, 
and if not, reason why this information cannot be provided  
 The licensing procedures will apply as long as th e need of Ukraine exist to implement the 
administration of tariff quota commitments (Table 14. Tariff rate quota administration, Working Party Report WT/ACC/UKR/152, 25 January 2008).  
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