. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/UKR/79 
1 June 2012  
 (12-2894) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agrarian Policy and F ood of Ukraine/ State Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine  
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 :   
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str., Kyiv, 01008  Tel./Fax:  +38044 596 68 39 Email:  ep@me.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Foodstuffs; animals. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Law of Ukraine 
"On the state control of food sa fety and feed, animal health  and welfare" (73 pages in 
Ukrainian). 
6. Description of content:  The Draft establishes requirements for the organization and 
conduction of state control by the competent auth orities in order to determine compliance of 
the market operators with the food safety and feed requirements as we ll as legislation on 
animal health and welfare.  
The document also defines the general require ments for the organization of state control 
including the requirements to competent authority concerni ng state control conduction, 
responsibilities and power  of state inspectors. 
Three chapters (fourth, fifth and sixth) of th e Draft Law regulate state control measures of 
foodstuff and feed imported to the custom terr itory of Ukraine. Also it foresees physical 
checks of animal origin products and the abili ty of reducing the physical checks frequency. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
main goal of the Draft is Harmonization of Uk rainian Legislation with  the EC standards on 
the safety and quality of foodstuff, feed, health and welfare of animals.  G/TBT/N/UKR/79 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific consumption; 
Regulation (EC rules for the organisation of offi cial controls on products  of animal origin 
intended for human) No 882/2004 of the European  Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 
2004 on official controls performed to ensure th e verification of compliance with feed and 
food law, animal health an d animal welfare rules; 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24 July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) 
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of 
official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin and amending 
Decision 2006/504/EC; 
Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the 
organisation of veterinary checks.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    2012 
From the date of its official publication 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of circulation 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str., Kyiv, 01008 Tel./Fax:  +38044 596 68 39 Email:  ep@me.gov.ua  (in Ukrainian) 
Internet address where the text is available: 
http://www.minagro.kiev.ua/page/?13347  (in Ukrainian)