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31 October  2019 
(19-7325) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Regulated pests  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countr ies:  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of 
Ukraine No. 397 of 16 July 2019 "On  the amendments to the List of regulated pests" . 
Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  7 
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0879 -19 
6. Description of content:  Amendments to the List of regulated pests approved by Order 
No. 716 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukrain e dated 29 November 2006.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] 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 internationa l standard? 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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : Item 2 (i) 
of Article VII ; ISPM No.  19 Guidelines on lists of regulated pests, 2003  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international  standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law of 
Ukraine "On Plant Quarantine"  (available in Ukrainian)  G/SPS/N/UKR/135  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 16 July 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 September 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 3 September 2019  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 December 2019  
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:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The text of the Order is available in Ukrainian on the official website of the Verkhovna 
Rada of Ukraine:  
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0879 -19 
 