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G/SPS/N/UKR/69 
25 July 2011  
 (11-3725) 
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 Inspectorate for Plant Quarantine 
Koloskova str., 7 03138, Kyiv, Ukraine Tel:  +(38044) 524 77 07 
Website:  http://golovderzhkarantyn.gov.ua/  
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):  UKTZED (Ukrainian Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Classification, 
based on Harmonized System 2007) codes:  0708 - Leguminous vegetables, shelled or 
unshelled, fresh or chilled, 0713 - Dried legum inous vegetables, shelled, whether or not 
skinned or split 
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:  Resolution No 4811-012-1 of the State Inspectorate for 
Plant Quarantine of Ukraine of 7 July 2011 "On Temporary prohibition of imports of goods 
under the UKTZED (Ukrainian Foreign Econom ic Activity Commodity Classification, 
based on Harmonized System 2007) Codes:  0708 - Leguminous vege tables, shelled or 
unshelled, fresh or chilled, 0713 - Dried legum inous vegetables, shelled, whether or not 
skinned or split  in the territory of Ukraine from the territory of Egypt"  Language(s):  
Ukrainian  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  Prohibition applies to plant products under the UKTZED 
(Ukrainian Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Classification, based on Harmonized 
System 2007) Codes:  0708  and 0713 which will be dispatched from Egypt since 8 July 2011. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/UKR/69 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Commission 
implementing decision of 6 July 2011 on emergency measures applicable to fenugreek 
seeds and certain seeds and beans imported from Egypt; Technical Report of EFSA Tracing Seeds, in particular fenugreek ( Trigonella foenum-graecum ) seeds, in relation to the Shiga 
toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O104:H4 2011, outbreaks in Germany and France. 
9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)   
[ ] 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 langu age(s) in which these are available:   European 
Commission - Press release "E. coli outbreak:  European Union withdraws Egyptian seeds 
from the market and temporarily bans their import"  http://europa.eu/rapid/pressRelease sAction.do?reference=IP/11/831   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  8 July 2011      
[ ] 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:   
WTO National Enquiry Point & Information Processing Centre  
04655, Kyiv, Lvivska Square, 8 Tel:  +(38044) 272-11-47 Fax:  +(38044) 272-15-78 E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
"http://golovderzhkarantyn.gov.ua/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=298&It
emid=1 "  
(available in Ukrainian)