. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/59 
13 April 2011  
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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:  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):  Poultry, poultry products and raw materials, except poultry products 
processed with thermal (heat) treatment 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Sweden  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolution No 15-2-23/2528 of Chief State Inspector of 
Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine of 25 Marc h 2011 "On prohibition of imports of poultry, 
poultry products and raw materials, except poultry products processed with thermal (heat) treatment, into the territory of Ukraine from the territory of Sweden" Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  According to the information of Chief Veterinary Officer of the 
Swedish Board of Agriculture concerning the registration of Newcastle disease outbreaks in 
the country and applied measures for its elimin ation, imports of pou ltry, poultry products 
and raw materials, except poultry products pr ocessed with thermal (heat) treatment which 
guarantees the destruction of the causative ag ent Newcastle, are prohibited in accordance 
with OIE recommendations. 
Resolution No 15-2-23/1204 of Chief State Inspect or of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine of 
16 February 2011 "On Prohibition of  imports of poultry, poultr y products and raw materials 
into the territory of Ukraine from the territory of Sweden" notified on 23 February 2011 
under G/SPS/N/UKR/53 is considered to be invalid. 
The imports of other commodities from this country, which are under the control of the 
State Veterinary Service, should be carried out according to veterinary requirements for 
imports into Ukraine of products subject to  state veterinary and sanitary control and 
supervision. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/UKR/59 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Official announcement 
of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on registration of Newcastle disease in the territory of Sweden.  
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 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 langua ge(s) in which these are available:   -   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
25 March 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:  +(38 44) 272 11 47 
Fax:  +(38 44) 272 15 78 E-mail:  ep@mfert.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://www.vet.gov.ua/dep/news