This chapter aims to facilitate trade in SPS related goods including animals, animal products, plants and plant products, whilst safeguarding the Parties' level of protection. The Parties will seek a common understanding on animal welfare standards taking into account developments in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). They will align legislation and conclude a veterinary and phytosanitary chapter.
The process covers:
- Commitment to respect the principles of the WTO/SPS Agreement;
- Ukrainian commitment to align its SPS and animal welfare legislation to the EU's;
- Setting up a rapid consultation mechanism to solve trade irritants in SPS related goods;
- Setting up a rapid alert and early warning system for veterinary and phyto-sanitary emergencies. Under certain conditions, the relevant EU systems for early warning could also be opened to Ukraine's participation.
The SPS Chapter will be implemented by a new Subcommittee on SPS measures which will monitor progress, provide recommendations, develop procedures, and provide a forum addressing problems.
The SPS chapter will deal with verification procedures, listing of establishments, levels of checks, and settlement of trade problems. It covers all trade-related animal and plant health, food safety and animal welfare measures.
Measures applicable to main live animal categories:
- Equidae (including zebras) or asinine species or the offspring of crossing of those species
- Bovine animals (including Bubalus bubalis and Bison)
- Ovine and caprine animals
- Porcine animals
- Poultry (including fowl, turkeys, guineafowl, ducks, geese)
- Live fish
- Crustaceans
- Molluscs
- Eggs and gametes of live fish
- Hatching eggs
- Semen-ova-embryos
- Other mammals
- Other birds
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
- Other vertebrates
- Bees
Measures applicable to animal products:
- Fresh meat of domestic ungulates, poultry and lagomorphs, farm and wild game, including offal
- Minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat (MSM), meat products
- Live bivalve molluscs
- Fishery products
- Raw milk, colostrum, dairy products and colostrum-based products
- Eggs and eggs products
- Frogs' legs and snails
- Rendered animal fats and greaves
- Treated stomachs, bladders and intestines
- Gelatine, raw material for the production of gelatine for human consumption
- Collagen
- Honey and apicultural products
Measures applicable to food and feed additives:
Food:
- Food additives (all food additives and colours);
- Processing aids;
- Food flavours;
- Food enzymes.
Feed:
- Feed additives;
- Feed materials;
- Compound feed and pet food except;
- Undesirable substances in feed.
The Annex II VI-B regulates the recognition of the pest status, pest-free areas or protected zones. Each Party shall establish and communicate a list of regulated pests based on the following principles:
A. Recognition of pest status.
- Pests not known to occur within any part of its own territory;
- Pests known to occur within any part of its own territory and under official control;
- Pests known to occur within any part of its own territory, under official control and for which pest-free areas/protected zones are established.
Any change to the list of pest status will be immediately notified to the other Party unless otherwise notified to the relevant international organization.
B. Free Areas (PFAs) and protected zones.
The Parties recognise the concept of PFAs, and their application in respect of relevant ISPMs, as amended from time to time and protected zones.
