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9 January 2024  
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Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III:3 OF THE  
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES  
The following notification  from the delegation of Ukraine , dated 14 December  2023, is being 
circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in Services . 
 
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1  MEMB ER NOTIFYING : 
Ukraine  
2  NOTIFICATION UNDER : 
Article III:3 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services  
3  DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE : 
31 December 2023 
3.1  Duration:  
Indefinite  
4  AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE MEASURE : 
Ministry of Digital Transformation  of Ukraine  
5  DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE : 
Full title of the Resolution:  
 
The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine No. 1198 "Some issues of recognition of foreign 
public key certificates, electronic signatures, as well as the use of the information and communication 
system of the central certifying authority to ensure the recognition in Ukraine of foreign electronic 
trust servic es, foreign public key certificates used in the provision of legally significant electronic 
services in the process of interaction  between entities of different s tates" of 14.11.2023.  
 
Brief summary of the content with a focus on potential effect on servic es trade:  
 
The Resolution approve s the Procedure that defines the mechanism for the recognition of foreign 
public key certificates, electronic signatures, as well as the use of the information and communication 
system of the central certifying authority to  ensure the recognition in Ukraine of foreign electronic 
trust services, foreign public key certificates used in the provision of legally significant electronic 
services in the process of interaction between entities of different states . 
 
Mutual recognition of Ukrainian and foreign public key certificates and electronic signatures used to 
provide legally significant electronic services is ensured by the Ministry of Digital Transformation as 
the central certifying authority by concluding rel evant international treaties of Ukraine . The type of 
international treaty of Ukraine and the procedure for it conclusion is determined in accordance with S/C/N/1152  
 
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  the provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On International Treaties of Ukraine", other regulatory legal 
acts and taking into account the proposals of the parties to the international treaty of Ukraine.  
 
6  MEMB ERS SPECIFICALLY AFFECTED, IF ANY : 
None 
7  TEXTS AVAILABLE FROM : 
Official website: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1198 -2023-%D0%BF#Text  (available in 
Ukrainian)  
 
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