Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Ukraine - Antimicrobial resistance of zoonotic pathogens and commensal bacteria

NOTIFICATION


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Notifying Member: UKRAINE

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine

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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): Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code(s): 0201); Meat of bovine animals, frozen (HS code(s): 0202); Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 0203); Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 0206); Meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 0207)

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Draft Order of the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine "On approval of the Procedure for monitoring and reporting on antimicrobial resistance of zoonotic pathogens and commensal bacteria". Language(s): Ukrainian. Number of pages: 24

https://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail/23cff4d6-db41-43ec-b1ee-8177c59971ac?lang=uk-UA&title=ProktNakazuMinisterstvaEkonomiki-DovkilliaTaSilskogoGospodarstvaUkrainiproZatverdzhenniaPoriadkuMonitoringuTaZvitnostiProStiikist-rezistentnist-DoProtimikrobnikhRechovinZbudnikivZoonozivTaKomensalnikhBakterii

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06082_00_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06082_01_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06082_02_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06082_03_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06082_04_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06082_05_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06082_06_x.pdf

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Description of content: The draft Order proposes to establish a procedure for monitoring and reportong on antimicrobial resistance of zoonotic pathogens and commensal bacteria, as well as reporting, identifying their sources of origin, and eliminating discrepancies in distribution.

Monitoring and reporting will cover the following bacteria:

·_        Salmonella spp.;

·_        Campylobacter coli (C. Coli);

·_        Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni);

·_        commensal Escherichia coli (E. coli);

·_        Salmonella spp. and E. coli producing enzymes such as extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL), AmpC β-lactamases (AmpC) and carbapenemases (CP);

·_        Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant (MRSA).

They may cover commensal Enterococcus faecalis (E. Faecalis) and Enterococcus faecium (E. Faecium).

This procedure procedure will also apply to the selection of samples from cargoes imported into Ukraine.

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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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Is there a relevant international 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):

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):

[X]       None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[ ] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): Once adopted, the Order will enter into force on the date of its official publication and will be enacted on the same day as the Law of Ukraine No. 1206-IX "On Veterinary Medicine" (see G/SPS/N/UKR/154 and subsequent addenda), i.e. 1 March 2026.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 16 November 2025

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:

Ministry of Economу, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine

Department for Trade Agreements

12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.

Kyiv 01008

Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839

E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua

Website: https://www.me.gov.ua

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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Ministry of Economу, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine

Department for Trade Agreements

12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.

Kyiv 01008

Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839

E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua

Website: https://www.me.gov.ua