WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/49 
4 February 2011  
 (11-0559) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:   
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine  
Grushevskogo str., 7 
01601, Kyiv, Ukraine 
moz@moz.gov.ua Tel: +(380 44) 253-72-90 Website:  http://www.moz.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):  Water for drinking (HS Code 2201 90 Other water) 
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:  Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on 12 May 
2010 No 400 "On approval of State sanitary standards and regulations - Hygienic 
requirements for drinking water for human c onsumption" State sanitary rules and norms 
2.2.4-171-10  Language:  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  69 
6. Description of content:  The mentioned Order "On approva l of State sanitary standards 
and regulations - Hygienic requirements fo r drinking water for human consumption" 
establishes requirements for safety and quality of drinking water (tap, bottled, from the 
pump room or spill points, mine pits and captation sources) to provide physiological, hygiene, household needs and for manufacturing products with the use of drinking water, 
production control rules and State sanitary and epidemiological surveillance in the sphere 
of public drinking water supply. 
This document does not apply to mineral spa wa ter, medical table wa ter and natural table 
water. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/UKR/49 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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:  
Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption of 
3 November 1998 
Guidelines:  Water treatment and pathogen cont rol:  Process efficiency in achieving safe 
drinking water.  Recommendations. Gene va, World Health Organization, 2004  
Standards of EPA and IWBA on a quality of  drinking water (MCLG, MCL, NSDWR) 
Ground Water and Drinking Wate r - EPA 810/K-92-001 (July 1992 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
Decree of the President of Ukraine of 6 April 2009 # 221 On decision of the National 
Security and Defence Council of Ukraine of  27 February 2009 "On safety conditions of 
state water recourses and supply of drinking wa ter to population of Ukraine" (available in 
Ukrainian from official website http://www.president.gov.ua ). 
Water Code of Ukraine, the Law of Ukrain e "On drinking water and water supply", the 
Law of Ukraine "On provision of sanitary a nd epidemiological welfare" (available in 
Ukrainian from official website http://portal.rada.gov.ua )   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  12 May 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  16 July 2010 (except table 2 annex 2 fr om 1 January 2015 and table 3 annex 2 
from 1 January 2020) 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    G/SPS/N/UKR/49 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Any comments will be convey to the Agency responsible for 
consideration. 
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:  +(380 44) 272 11 47 Fax:  +(380 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://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=z0452-10  (Ukrainian version)