|
1.
|
Notifying
Member: UKRAINE
If applicable, name of local government involved:
|
|
2.
|
Agency
responsible: Ministry of Health of
Ukraine
|
|
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): Materials and articles
intended to come into contact with food
|
|
4.
|
Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
|
|
5.
|
Title of
the notified document: Draft Order
of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine "On Approval of the Requirements
Restricting the Use of Certain Epoxy Derivatives in Materials and Articles
Intended to Come into Contact with Food".
Language(s): Ukrainian.
Number of pages: 5
https://moz.gov.ua/uk/povidomlennya-pro-oprilyudnennya-proyektu-nakazu-ministerstva-ohoroni-zdorov-ya-ukrayini-pro-zatverdzhennya-vimog-shodo-obmezhennya-zastosuvannya-deyakih-epoksidnih-pohidnih-u-materialah-i-predmetah-priznachenih-dlya-kontaktu-z-harchovimi-produktami
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_09203_00_x.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/UKR/25_09203_01_x.pdf
|
|
6.
|
Description
of content: The draft Order
provides to establish requirements restricting the use of certain epoxy
derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
and to implement Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2005 of 18 November 2005
on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and
articles intended to come into contact with food.
The
requirements apply to materials and articles, including active and
intelligent food contact materials and articles, which are manufactured with
or contain one or more of the following substances:
-_
2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane
bis(2,3-epoxypropyl) ether (hereinafter - BADGE), CAS No 001675-54-3, and
some of its derivatives;
-_
bis(hydroxyphenyl)methane
bis(2,3-epoxypropyl) ethers (hereinafter - BFDGE), CAS No 039817-09-9;
-_
other novolac
glycidyl ethers (hereinafter - NOGE).
The
implementation of this Order will contribute to the protection of public
health by preventing the potential harmful effects of certain epoxy resins
that may be present in materials and articles intended to come into contact
with food.
It is also
notified under the TBT Agreement.
|
|
7.
|
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.
|
|
8.
|
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:
|
|
9.
|
Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
-_
Laws of Ukraine
"On Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food"
(notified in document G/SPS/N/UKR/150/Rev.1), "On Basic Principles and
Requirements for Safety and Quality of Food Products";
-_
Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1895/2005 of 18 November 2005 on the restriction of use of
certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into
contact with food
(available in English)
|
|
10.
|
Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
|
|
11.
|
Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
This Order will enter into force three months after its official publication.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
|
|
12.
|
Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 21 February 2026
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
|
|
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:
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
|