Upon the
initiative of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, on February
24th, 2016, the Government adopted the decree “On Approval of
Comprehensive Strategy for Implementation of Chapter IV (Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures) of Title IV “Trade and Trade-related Matters” of the
Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
The Comprehensive
Strategy was developed with the support of experts of the EU-funded Project
“Improvement of Food Safety Control System in Ukraine” with the aim of
implementation of the Action Plan on Association Agreement Implementation for
the period of 2014-2017. Additionally, as part of the drafting of the document,
the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine initiated the ТАІЕХ review mission to
assess the current legislation in the sphere of sanitary and phytosanitary
measures and animal welfare.
“The document
adopted by the Government is another step of the Ukrainian agricultural sector
towards the European integration. It defines a schedule for systematic
regulatory adaptation of the national legislation in the sphere of sanitary and
phytosanitary measures to the EU legislation. Through adapting the domestic norms to the EU requirements, we are
approaching the European market, opening it for Ukrainian producers”, Oleksii Pavlenko,
the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, stressed.
Ukraine is
expected to submit the Comprehensive Strategy for consideration of the
bilateral body between Ukraine and the European Union within three months
following the entry into force of the Association Agreement with regard to the
implementation of Chapter IV (sanitary and phytosanitary measures). Thereafter
the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall introduce the proposal for its
implementation in the Action Plan on Association Agreement Implementation for
the period of 2014-2017.
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