WTO notification · TBT
UkraineProposed measure, not in force yet
Official title
Draft Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine 'Certain Issues Related to the Importation into the Customs Territory of Ukraine, Accounting, Storage, Use, Destruction, Disposal or Exportation from the Customs Territory of Ukraine of Investigational Medicines'
Ukraine notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 8 June 2026. The comment period closed on 23 July 2026.
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Medicines
The comment period closed on 23 July 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/UKR/387; it can take them up with Ukraine.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The draft Order has been developed in accordance with the requirements of Paragraph 20 of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine 'On Medicines' No. 2469-IX of 28 July 2022, taking into account relevant European Union legislation. The draft Order: 1) approves the Requirements for the importation into the customs territory of Ukraine, accounting, storage, use, destruction, disposal or exportation from the customs territory of Ukraine of investigational medicines and auxiliary medicines, which shall apply to the importation in Ukraine, accounting, storage, use, destruction, disposal or exportation from Ukraine of both unregistered and registered investigational medicinal products and auxiliary medicinal products used in the course and within the framework of clinical studies (trials); 2) establishes that: the requirement that investigational medicines (excluding active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)), manufactured and released by the manufacturer's qualified person for use in clinical trials in Ukraine and imported from countries that are not Member States of the European Union or members of the European Free Trade Association that are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, may be imported into the customs territory of Ukraine exclusively by business entities engaged in the importation of investigational medicines, shall apply from 1 January 2028; from the date of entry into force of this Order until 1 January 2028, investigational medicinal products imported…
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