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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/3/Rev.2/Add.1
7 January 2010  
 (10-0026) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 4 January  2010, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of Ukraine
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Withdrawal of the Order of the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine as of 
12 March 2001 N° 23 "On Urgent Measures on Prevention and Elimination of the Appearance of the 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Other Prion Infection"  
 Draft Order of the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine dated 
11 December 2009 N° 518 "On Recognition of Termina tion of the Order of the Chief Inspector of 
Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine as of 12 March 20 01 N° 23" (the draft is approved by the State 
Committee of Veterinary Medicine and pending registration at the Ministry of Justice) causes also losing validity of requirements of the Order as of 20 May 2009 N° 149 "On Am endments to the Order 
of the Chief Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine as of 12 March 2001 N° 23 "On Urgent 
Measures on Prevention and Elimination of the Appearance of the Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy and Other Prion Inf ection"" concerning inspections of facilities, industrial processes, 
storage conditions and other requirements in th e countries from which products are imported. 
 This Order will enter into force after its regist ration by the Ministry of Justice and official 
publication.  The expected date of entering into force is 1 January 2010. 
 Thus since 1 January 2010 freight through the state border of Ukraine of the products 
concerned will be carried out in accordance with requirements of: 
• Decree of the President of Ukraine N° 192 as of 22 March 2001 "On Urgent Measures to 
Ensure Stable Epizootic Situation in Ukraine"; 
• Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary Me dicine" N° 2498-XII as of 25 June 1992; 
• Law of Ukraine "On Quality and Safety of Food Products" N° 771/97-VR as of 
23 December 1997; 
• Order of the Chief Inspector of Veterina ry Medicine as of 27 December 1999 N° 49 "On 
Approval of the Order of freight of the goods across the state border of Ukraine controlled by the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine" (registered by the 
Ministry of Justice, 10 January 2000 N° 9/4230);  and 
• Order of the State Department of Veterinary Medicine as of 14 July 2004 N° 71 "On 
Approval of the Veterinary requirements fo r import into Ukraine of the objects under 
veterinary-sanitary control and supervision"  (registered by the Ministry of Justice, 
23 June 2004 N° 768/9367). G/SPS/N/UKR/3/Rev.2/Add.1 
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[ X ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
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[   ] Other:    
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
[   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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Text available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  
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