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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/UKR/78 
26 March 2012  
 (12-1583) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  State Veterinary and Phitosanitary 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):  Cattle 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Egypt  
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice N° 15-2-23/2374 of Chief State Inspector of 
Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine as of 20 Ma rch 2012 "On Prohibition of imports of cattle 
into the territory of Ukraine from the territory of Egypt"   Language(s):  Ukrainian  
Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  According to the mentioned Notice it is prohibited to import cattle 
into the territory of Ukraine from the territory of Egypt as of 20 of March 2012. 
The imports of other commodities from this country, which are under the control of the 
State Veterinary Service, should be carried out according to veterinary requirements for 
imports into Ukraine of products subject to  state veterinary and sanitary control and 
supervision. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] 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:  Official announcement 
by the World Organization for Animal Health  (OIE) of registration of foot and mouth 
disease virus in the territory of Egypt. 
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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   G/SPS/N/UKR/78 
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  [ ] 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):  
20 March 2012 
[ ] 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:   
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 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: