. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/57 
9 March 2011  
 (11-1201) 
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 Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine 
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):  Insecticides (except remedies), fungicid es, herbicides, rodenticides (except 
remedies), and similar means under HS Codes:  3808 10 (3808 91), 3808 20 (3808 92), 
3808 30 (3808 93), 3808 90 (3808 99) 
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 Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food 
of Ukraine "On procedure for granting appr oval by the Chief State Inspection for the 
protection of plants of Ukraine for issui ng licence to plant protection chemical means 
which are subject of import licensing in 2011"  Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of 
pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  The above-mentioned document stipulates the procedure for 
granting approval for issuing licence to plant protection chemical means which are subject 
of import licensing in 2011, under HS Codes:  3808 10 (3808 91), 3808 20 (3808 92), 3808 
30 (3808 93), 3808 90 (3808 99). 
In particularly, it specifies: - the package of documents necessary for obtaining approval, requirements for 
application form to be filled in and ot her documents to be submitted with the 
application; 
- the procedure of issuing approval, terms etc; - reasons on which the application could be declined; - possibility of court appeal procedures in case of rejection of issuing approval etc.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/UKR/57 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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)    
[X] 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:  The Law of 
Ukraine "On plant protection" of 14 October 1998 No 180-XIV, the Law of Ukraine "On 
Pesticides and Agrochemicals" of 2 March 1995,  Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine of 19 February 1996 No 228 "On a pproval of the procedure of ensuring bodies 
which exercise state control over the use of p esticides and agrochemicals, with standard 
samples of pesticides and agro chemicals, methods of determining their residual)" and 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 22 December 2010 No 1183 "On 
approval of the list of products which are s ubject of export and import licensing and quota 
in 2011" (available in Ukrainian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Second quarter of 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 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:  +(38 44) 272 11 47 
Fax:  +(38 44) 272 15 78 
E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
http://www.minagro.kiev.ua/page/?11329  (available in Ukrainian)