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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/UKR/68 
25 July 2011  
 (11-3724) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:   
State veterinary and phytosanitary service of Ukraine 
B. Grinchenka str., 1 01001, Kyiv, Ukraine Tel:  +38044 279-12-70 
Website:  http://vet.gov.ua/  
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):  Plants, products of plant origin, plant protection means 
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:  The Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine "On adoption of the procedure of gr anting approval for import into Ukraine of 
plant protection products, and a certificate of compliance with regulations relating to the 
use of pesticides and agrochemicals (only plant growth regulators) in agricultural products 
and raw materials of vegetable origin, and a certificate of conformity for agricultural 
products and raw materials of plant origin re garding the content of pesticide residues, 
agrochemicals and heavy metals"  Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  12 
6. Description of content:  The above-mentioned Draft Resolution of Ukraine is elaborated 
for execution of the Law of Uk raine on the amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Plant 
Protection" and determines the procedure for granting approval for import into Ukraine of 
plant protection products and of certificates of  compliance with regulations on pesticides 
and agrochemicals (only plant growth regulator s) in agricultural products and raw materials 
of vegetable origin, a certificate of confor mity of agricultural products as well as raw 
materials of plant origin regarding the cont ent of pesticide residues, agrochemicals and 
heavy metals. 
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/68 
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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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  In this area 
relationships are governed by the Internati onal Plant Protection Convention (English), the 
Law of Ukraine "On Pesticides and Agrochemical s" (Ukrainian), Law of Ukraine "On Plant 
Protection"  
 http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=3042-17  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  - 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Third 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) :  23 September 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:  +(38044) 272-11-47 Fax:  +(38044) 272-15-78 
E-mail:  ep@me.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://vet.gov.ua/data/draft/draft_560.doc  (Ukrainian version)