. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/39 
30 July 2009  
 (09-3698) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UKRAINE
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  The State committee for technica l regulation and consumer policy 
(DSSU), Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ministry for Environmental Protection of Ukraine. 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :  WTO Enquiry 
Point and Information Processing Centre: MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq., tel. +38 (044) 272-11-24, fax +38 (044) 2 72-11-47, E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food products which 
contain genetically modified organisms or made with the usage of them and are placing on the 
market. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Decree # 468 of 
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as of 13 May 2009 “On approval of the Order of labelling 
of food products which contain genetically modifi ed organisms or made with usage of them 
and are placing on the market”, with amendmen ts adopted by the Decree # 661 of the Cabinet 
of Ministers of Ukraine as of 1 Ju ly 2009  (3 pages, in Ukrainian).  
6. Description of content:  This regulatory act establishes th e labelling of food products which 
contain genetically modified or ganisms or made with usage of  them and are placing on the 
market.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   This regulatory act is prepared  taking into account EU Regulation 
№1829/2003 “On genetically modified food produc ts & feed stuffs” and EU Regulation 
№1830/2003 “On monitoring and labelli ng of genetically modified organisms and monitoring 
of food products and feedstuffs, made of GM O” (in English); Article 15 of the Law of 
Ukraine “On consumer’s rights protection”.  The text of the draft of Technical regulation can 
be found in Ukrainian at: http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=468-2009-
%EF  (Ukrainian version) G/TBT/N/UKR/39 
Page 2  
 
  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      - 
4 July 2009   
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   WTO Enquiry 
Point and Information Processing Centre: MSP 0465 5, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq., tel. +38 
(044) 272-11-24, fax +38 (044) 272-11-47, E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua,  
Website where the text is available:  
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin /laws/main.cgi?nreg=468-2009-%EF  (Ukrainian version)