. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/UKR/46 
8 July 2010  
 (10-3745) 
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 government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  The State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy 
(DSSU). 
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other: X 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Food products which 
contain genetically modified organisms (furthe r – GMO) or made with the usage of them 
and are meant for placing on the market.  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  The draft Law of 
Ukraine "On amendments to some Laws of Ukraine as to informing the population on the 
content of GMOs in food products", registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine  as No.6251 of 31 March 2010 (2  pages, in Ukrainian).         
6. Description of content:  The draft Law is meant for regulation of the question of foodstuffs 
labelling through distinguishing between the no tions of "foods containing genetically 
modified organisms" and "foods produced with the use of  ge netically modified organisms". 
It is also proposed by the draft Law, that only the food containing the appropriately 
registered GMO in proportion exceeding 0,9 % of the full weight of the food in a unit pack 
or the food containing the ingredients which have been produced from such GMOs, in proportion exceeding 0,9 % of the full weight of the food in a unit pack, should be marked "with GMO".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection.  Approximation of Ukrain ian legislation to EU legislation in part 
where it relates to safety of food products a nd labelling of food produc ts consisting of or 
containing GMOs. G/TBT/N/UKR/46 
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  8. Relevant documents:   This regulatory act is prepared taking into account the Law of 
Ukraine of 17 December 2009 No.1779-VI "On amendments to some legislative acts of 
Ukraine as to providing information on content of genetically modified components in the 
products" and the Law of Ukraine of 17 D ecember 2009 No.1778-VI "On amendments to 
the Law of Ukraine "On safety and quality of food products" as to informing of citizens on 
presence of genetically modified organisms in food products".     
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
22 September 2003 "On genetically modi fied food and feed products".  
Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the Eur opean 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 genetically 
modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC. 
The text of the draft Law can be found in Ukrainian at:  
http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z web_n/webproc4_1? id=&pf3511=37769 
 (Ukrainian version)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }2010 
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:    
Point and Information Processing Centre 
MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq. 
Tel.:  +38 (044) 272-1124 
Fax:  +38 (044) 272-1147 E-mail:  ep@mfert.gov.ua Website where the text is available: http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z web_n/webproc4_1? id=&pf3511=37769
 (Ukrainian version)