. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/2 
1 May 2009  
 (09-2120) 
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:  Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, State Committee of 
Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live pigs, raw material and derived products of pig 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and the United 
States  
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice No. 15-3-1-3/2291 as of 27.04.09 of the State 
Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Uk raine "On protective measures against the 
outbreak of swine influenza in Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and USA" Language:  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  This Notice of the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of 
Ukraine provides protection measures against the outbreak of swine influenza in stopping 
the import of live pigs, raw material and derived products of pig to the territory of Ukraine. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  The objective is to protect hum an and animal health in the 
territory of Ukraine from swine influenza out breaks in Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and 
the United States. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Notice aims to 
protect consumers and animals from swine infl uenza disease, appeared in Canada, Mexico, 
New Zealand, and the United States. G/SPS/N/UKR/2 
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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)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [   ] 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):  
27 April 2009 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from: [ 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:  +(380 44) 272-15-78 Fax:  +(380 44) 272-11-47 
E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua