WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/N/UKR/79 
21 June 2012 
 (12-3316) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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, State Veterinary 
and Phytosanitary Service 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):  Foodstuffs; animals 
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 Law of Ukraine "On the state control of food safety 
and feed, animal health and welfare"  Language(s):  English and French  Number of 
pages:  73 
6. Description of content:  The main goal of the Draft is the harmonization of Ukrainian 
Legislation with the EC standards on the safe ty and quality of foodstuff, feed, health and 
welfare of animals. 
The Draft establishes requirements for the organization and conduction of state control by 
the competent authorities in order to determine the compliance of the market operators with 
food safety and feed requirements as well as legi slation on animal health and welfare. 
The document also defines the general require ments for the organization of state control 
including the requirements to competent au thority concerning 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 ability  of reducing the physical checks frequency. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
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)   G/SPS/N/UKR/79 
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  [X] 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:   
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the Europ ean Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 laying down specific consumption; 
Regulation (EC rules for the organization of offi cial controls on products of animal origin 
intended for human) No 882/2004 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with 
feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules; 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24 July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) 
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament a nd 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. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 December 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  From the date of its 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) :  20 August 2012 
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:   
Division for Enquiries, Notification and Information Processing 
Department for WTO Cooperation and Trade Remedies Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 04655, Kyiv, Hrushevskogo str., 12/2,  
Tel:  +(38044) 596-68-39 
Fax:  +(38044) 281-95-34 E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua  G/SPS/N/UKR/79 
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  13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:     
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Uk raine/ State Veterinary and Phytosanitary 
Service of Ukraine 01001, Kyiv, B.Grinchenko str. , 1 Tel:  +(38044) 279-49-06 
Text available from:  http://www.minagro.kiev.ua/page/?13347  (in Ukrainian)