. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/21 
16 June 2010  
 (10-3268) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  State Service of Plant Quarantine 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):  Potatoes, fresh or chilled (HS Code: 0701); tomatoes (HS Code: 0702); 
aubergines (HS Code: 070930); pepper (HS Code: 070960) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Turkey  
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice No. 1299-0121 of Chief State Inspector of Plant 
Quarantine of Ukraine as of 03 June 2010  Language:  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  Temporary prohibition of imports into the territory of Ukraine of 
potatoes; tomatoes; aubergines; peppers, favour able to the Phthorimaea operculella Zell. 
(the potato tuber moth) from Turkey. 
The import of other regulated entities from this country should be carried out according to 
phytosanitary requirements for imports into Ukraine. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The spread of 
quarantine organism – the potato tuber moth – on the territory of the Turkish Republic and 
repeated violation of international and nati onal phytosanitary requirements for import of 
Solanaceae crops from Turkey and the absence of any action by the national organization of plant quarantine and protection of the Turkish Republic. 
The aim of measure is to protect the territory of Ukraine from entering of regulated pests 
and to prevent penetration of  harmful organisms into the zones free from such regulated 
pests in Ukraine. G/SPS/N/UKR/21 
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  9. 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)   
[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:    
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:       
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  3 June 2010     
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] 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:  272-11-47 Fax:  272-15-78 
E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
http://golovderzhkarantyn.gov. ua/index.php?option=com_cont ent&task=view&id=226&Ite
mid=1  (Ukrainian version)