Ukraine #5977 (v.3)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
25/09/2024 - present
Current active version v.3
Reporting member
Ukraine
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Restriction on the importation of unregistered GMOs and GMO products
National legal basis
Law of Ukraine "On the State Biosafety System for the Establishment, Testing, Transport and Use of Genetically Modified Organisms" of 2007
(Art. 16)
Available at:
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1103-16#Text

Administrative mechanism
Administered by the State Customs Service.
Permission for state approbation (testing) of genetically modified organisms in the open system is administrated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Recourses of Ukraine.
Responsible entities
State Customs Service
HS version
HS 2022
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Meta data

WTO justifications

XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Article XX (b) of the GATT – protection of human, animal and plant life and health, inter alia
Non-WTO commitments
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
CP
Symbol
CP

Tariff lines

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Various unregistered GMOs and products manufactured with the use of GMOs, except for scientific rese...