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21 July 2021  
(21-5732) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Verkhovna  Rada 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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Organic 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft Law 
of Ukraine "On Amendments to Section XI "Transitional Provisions" of the Law of Ukraine 
"On Basic Principles and Requirements for Organic Production, Circulation and Labeling of  
Organic Products" (1 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  Amendments to the draft Law provide for:  
- temporarily, until January 1, 2024, to allow business entities to sell agricultural products 
as organic and use the inscription "organic pro duct" in product names and trademarks, 
as well as the designation and inscriptions "organic", "biodynamic", "biological" organic", 
"ecological", "organic" and/or any homonyms and/or derivatives of these words with 
prefixes "bio", "eco", if they have a vali d certificate issued by a foreign certification body;  
- temporarily, until January 1, 2022, to recognize these business entities as producers of 
organic agricultural products for the purposes of the Law of Ukraine  "On State Support of 
Agriculture of Ukrai ne". 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  the draft Law aimed at preventing the cessation of trade in organic products 
on the territory of Ukraine.; Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:  Law of Ukraine "On Basic Principles and Requirements for Organic 
Production, Circulation and  Labeling of Organic Products"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  14 July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Law will enter into force on the day following 
the date of its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  G/TBT/N/UKR/197  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The text of the draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Section XI "Transitional 
Provisions" of the Law of Ukraine "On Basic Principles and Requirements for Organic 
Production, Circulation and Labeling of Organic Products" is available in Ukrainian on the 
official web -site of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the following link: 
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=71793   
 