. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/49 
16 July 2010  
 (10-3862) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UKRAINE
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  The Ministry on Agricultural Policy 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 :   
WTO Enquiry Point and Information Processing Centre:  
MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq.  Tel.:  +38 (044) 272-11-24  Fax:  +38 (044) 272-11-47 E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Meat and edible by-
products of poultry (listed in HS 0105) fresh, chilled or frozen of HS 0207, poultry fat, not 
rendered or isolated in some other way, fresh or  chilled, frozen, salted or pickled, dried or 
smoked, of HS 0209, poultry fat of HS 1501 00 90 00, sausages and similar goods made of 
meat, meat by-products or blood, ready foods  made at the base of these goods, of 
HS 16 01 00, other ready or preserved products made of meat, meat by-products or blood, of 
HS 16 02 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  "Technical Regulation 
Requirements to the production of poultry meat and poultry meat products" (47 pages in 
Ukrainian).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Technical Regulation de fines the main requirements for 
poultry meat and poultry meat products, for th e production process and commerce, including 
relevant administrative provis ions, which are mandatory.  Th is draft Technical Regulation 
does not contain the SPS require ments to the safety of pou ltry meat and poultry meat 
products, but defines the charac teristics of the product, term inology, marking, packing, 
labelling, conformity assessment procedur es poultry meat and poultry meat products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection. Improvement of the pr oduct quality to ensure safety and health 
protection of the population.  G/TBT/N/UKR/49 
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  8. Relevant documents:   The law of Ukraine "On standards, technical regulations and 
conformity assessment proc edures".  (No. 3164-IV) 
The law of Ukraine "On safety and qua lity of food products " (No. 771/97-ÂÐ). 
The texts of the mentioned draft Regul ation can be found in Ukrainian at: 
http://www.minagro.gov.ua
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    2010 
2011 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
WTO Enquiry Point and Inform ation Processing Centre:  
MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq.  Tel.:  +38 (044) 272-11-24  Fax:  +38 (044) 272-11-47 E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua 
Website where the text is available:  http://www.minagro.gov.ua
 (Ukrainian version)