. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/31 
18 November 2010  
 (10-6146) 
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 on Agricultural Policy of Ukraine 
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):  Seeds of agricultural 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:  Draft order of the Ministry of Agricultural Policy of 
Ukraine "On the selection of the samples of seed s that are imported into the territory of 
Ukraine, for defining the GMO presence"  Language:  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  4   
6. Description of content:  The draft order is meant for approving the procedure of the 
selection of the samples of seeds that are importe d into the territory of Ukraine, for defining 
the GMO presence before the custom clear ance at the customs point.  The samples 
selection will be done simultaneous ly for phytosanitary control. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] 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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 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:    G/SPS/N/UKR/31 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  The Law of 
Ukraine "On national system of biosecurity at  creation, test, transportation and use of 
genetically modified organisms"  (available in Ukrainian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :    
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  After the registration at the Ministry of Justice 
of Ukraine. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  From the date of official publication. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 November 2010 
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 Enquiry Point and Information Processing Centre 
MSP 04655, Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq. 
Tel.:  +(38 44) 272-11-24 Fax:  +(38 44) 272-11-47 E-mail:  ep@mfert.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:    
WTO Enquiry Point and Information Processing Centre  
MSP 04655, Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq. 
Tel.:  +(38 44) 272-11-24 
Fax:  +(38 44) 272-11-47 E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua 
Website where the text is available:  
http://www.minagro.gov.ua/page/?10809