WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/64 
27 May 2011  
 (11-2643) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 Sanitary 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):  Plants and products of vegetable orig in indicated in the groups 1-24  
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 amending the Law of Ukraine 
on Plant Quarantine"  Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  37 
6. Description of content:  In order to adapt Ukraine's legisl ation to the European Union the 
Draft Law provides several new terms - acclimatization, analysis, visual examination, The 
National Organization of Plant Protection of Ukraine, review, party, goods, phytosanitary 
regulations, phytosanitary control, phytosan itary certification, and defines in the new 
version a number of existing concepts such as ri sk analysis, state surv eillance, area with 
low number of regulated pests, inspection, regulated non-quarantine pests, phytosanitary 
procedures.  
The Draft Law proposes to: 
• clearly define the responsibilities of th e central executive authorities and the 
territorial bodies in the field of plant quarantine; 
• specify the scope of rights and duties of  officials who carry out phytosanitary 
control and supervision; 
• stipulate the registration process for pers ons engaged in economic activities related 
to the production and trafficking of plan ts and products of vegetable origin.  
Also the above-mentioned document adds article s on phytosanitary certification of plants 
and products of vegetable origin and applicati on of the phytosanitary procedures for plants 
and products of vegetable origin imported for storage, concentration and sorting in marine 
ports, river ports and at the railway stations.  
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  In addition the Draft Law makes changes in the: 
• process of phytosanitary state review of plants and products of vegetable origin that 
will enable an increase in the effi ciency of phytosanitary control; 
• procedure for applying and lifting of quara ntine regime and phytosanitary measures 
undertaken in this area; 
• definition of the permits term - the qua rantine permit, quarantine certificate, 
phytosanitary certificate or phyto sanitary certificate for re-export. 
The document foresees the transfer of state s upervision functions in the field of plant 
quarantine to the central executive authority on agricultural policy. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
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)    
[X] 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:  Decrees of 
President of Ukraine of 9 December 2010 No 1085/2010 "On optimization of central executive authority" and of 13 April 2011 No 464/2011 "On approval of the statute of the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Servi ce of Ukraine" (available in Ukrainian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    G/SPS/N/UKR/64 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 July 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:  +(38 44) 272 11 47 Fax:  +(38 44) 272 15 78 E-mail:  ep@mfert.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://www.minagro.kiev.ua/page/?11851  (available in Ukrainian)