. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/58 
5 April 2011  
 (11-1677) 
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 Agrarian Policy of Ukraine  
Khreshchatyk str., 24 
01001, Kyiv, Ukraine 
Tel:  +(380 44) 226 25 39 Website:  http://www.minagro.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):  Plants 
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:  Amendment to the Law of Ukraine "On Plant Protection" 
Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  69 
6. Description of content:  The amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Plant Protection" 
concern market supervision in the sphere of plant protection and the issuance of certificates 
of conformity for agricultural products in the context of pesticides residues, and certificates 
of compliance with the regulation on applying pesticides and agrochem icals in agricultural 
products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/UKR/58 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  In this area 
relationships are governed by the Internati onal Plant Protection Convention (English), the 
Law of Ukraine "On Pesticides and Agrochemical s" (Ukrainian), Law of Ukraine "On Plant 
Protection"  
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/la ws/main.cgi?nreg=86%2F95-%E2%F0  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :    
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) :  15 March 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:  +(38 44) 272 11 47 
Fax:  +(38 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://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z web_n/webproc4_1? id=&pf3511=35424  
(Ukrainian version) 
http://nepu.com.ua/ua/publication/content/750.htm  
(unofficial translation into English)