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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/UKR/64 
20 December 2011  
 (11-6717) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of economic development and trade of Ukraine 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products containing 
genetically modified organisms or produced from their use and put into circulation 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft Law on 
Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the State Biosafety System for creating, testing, 
transportation and use of genetically modified organisms", (3 pages, in Ukrainian).     
6. Description of content:  The draft Law establishes requiremen ts for the entities to make a 
written declaration of products  containing GMOs or produced from their use for the first and 
further circulation of such products. This de claration shall contain the state registration 
number of the product and name of the St ate GMOs Register, which ensures proper 
identification of the product.  
The draft law also defines the functions of the Scientific and methodol ogical centre for GMOs 
testing (scientific and met hodological coordination of GMOs  testing laboratories and 
reference (arbitration) labor atory in GMOs testing). G/TBT/N/UKR/64 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
primarily objectives of the Draft Law are:  
1) introduction of the traceability system of circulation in an open system of products 
 containing GMOs or produced from their use; 2) ensure operation of the Scientific a nd methodological center for GMOs testing. 
The Draft Law provides the improvement of the current genetic engineering state regulation 
system and system of supervision and contro l of biological and gene tic safety measures 
compliance. 
Adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the EU legislation regarding the traceability of 
genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from 
genetically modifi ed organisms. 
8. Relevant documents:   Laws of Ukraine "On the state bios afety system for creating, testing, 
transportation and use of gene tically modified organisms", "On environmental protection", 
"On ecological expertise", "On li censing certain types of busine ss activities", "On the safety 
and quality of food" and "On consumer  protection" (Ukrainian language). 
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "Some as pects of studies of products 
containing genetically modified organisms, or produced from th eir use" (Ukrainian language). 
Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European  Parliament and of the Council of 22 
September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms 
and the traceability of food and feed products produced from ge netically modified organisms 
and amending Directive 2001/18/EC. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    December 2011 
Not determined 
10. Final date for comments:  12 January 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
01008, Kyiv, 12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str., Tel./Fax: +38044 596 68 39 Email:  ep@me.gov.ua  
Internet address where the text is available: 
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z web_n/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=40363  (in Ukrainian)