Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Ukraine - Dietary supplements


NOTIFICATION


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Notifying Member: UKRAINE

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Health 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): Dietary supplements

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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 Health of Ukraine "On approval of the procedure and methodology for assessing the impact on human health of vitamins, minerals and other substances and their maximum permissible doses in food products offered for circulation as dietary supplements". Language(s): Ukrainian. Number of pages: 26

https://moz.gov.ua/uk/povidomlennya-pro-oprilyudnennya-proyektu-nakazu-ministerstva-ohoroni-zdorov-ya-ukrayini-pro-zatverdzhennya-poryadku-provedennya-ta-metodiki-ocinki-vplivu-na-zdorov-ya-lyudini-vitaminiv-mineralnih-rechovin-ta-inshih-rechovin

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06083_00_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06083_01_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06083_02_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_06083_03_x.pdf

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Description of content: Currently, Ukraine does not have a procedure for assessing the impact on human health of vitamins, minerals and other substances and their maximum permissible doses in food products offered for sale as dietary supplements.

The adoption of such a procedure will allow the inclusion of substances and their maximum permissible doses in the List of vitamins, minerals and other substances and their maximum permissible doses permitted for use in dietary supplements in Ukraine.

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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] 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): After adoption, the Order will enter into force simultaneously with the enactment of the Law of Ukraine No. 4122-IX "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving the Regulation of Production and Circulation of Food Supplements, and the Regulation of Other Issues in the Healthcare Sphere" of 5 December 2024 (notified in G/SPS/N/UKR/224 and G/SPS/N/UKR/224/Add.1), namely on 27 September 2025. If the order is not adopted by this date, it will enter into force on the day of its official publication.

[ ]      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