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G/SPS/N/UKR/66 
17 June 2011  
 (11-3005) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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):  Vegetables 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  European Union  
5. Title of the notified document:  The Order of State Inspectorate for Plant Quarantine of 
Ukraine of 7 June 2011 N° 50 "On amending the Order of State Inspectorate for Plant Quarantine of Ukraine of 31 May 2011, N° 146"  Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of 
pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  This Order makes amendments to the corresponding Order "On 
interim measures concerning vegetables impor ted from EU countries".  Importation of 
products of plant origin (vegetables) into Ukraine from the facilities of EU countries is 
temporarily possible as of 10 June 2011 with a Declaration (Certificate) by the official phytosanitary inspector of th e test result on the bacterium Escherichia Coli  group. 
Failing such Declaration the products must be sent for analysis to the state laboratories. 
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/66 
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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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  The Law of 
Ukraine "On Plant Protection"    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  7 June 2011 
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) :  10 June 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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.  +(38044) 272-11-47 Fax:  +(38044) 272-15-78 E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from:  [X] 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=274&It
emid=1 " (available in Ukrainian, Declaration form in English as well)