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15 August 2022  
(22-6170) 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:   
Ministry of Health 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Foods and 
food ingredients treated with ionising radiation  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order of 
the Ministry of Health of Ukraine "On Approval of the Requirements for Foods and Food 
Ingredients Treated with Ionising Rad iation"; (8 page(s), in Ukrainian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Order provides for the approval of the Requirements 
for foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation. Certain provisions of these 
Requirements also deal with the specifi cs of the labelling of foods treated with ionising 
radiation.  
The adoption of the draft Order will bring the legislation of Ukraine concerning the food 
safety and quality in line with EU legislation and will facilitate the implementation of 
Directive 1999/ 2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food 
ingredients treated with ionising radiation and Directive 1999/3/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the  Council of 22 February 1999 on the establishment of a Community 
list of foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laws of Ukraine "On Consumer Information on Food", "On the Basic Principles and 
Requirements for Food Safety and Quality", "On State Control over Compliance with the 
Legislation on Food, Feed, Animal By -Products, Animal H ealth and Welfare", "On the 
Protection of Human Beings from Exposure to Ionising Radiation"  G/TBT/N/UKR/219  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Order will enter into force in 9 months from 
the day of its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://moz.gov.ua/uploads/ckeditor/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%
D0%B4%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%B
E%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F/2022/07/20/01/%
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D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9.pdf  
https://moz.gov.ua/uploads/ckeditor/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%
D0%B4%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%B
E%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F/2022/07/20/01/%
D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B C%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/UKR/22_5561_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/UKR/22_5561_01_x.pdf  
 