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UkraineProposed measure, not in force yet

Alkali or alkaline-earth metals – Ukraine

Official title

Draft Law of Ukraine 'On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Ensuring Chemical Safety and Chemicals Management'

Ukraine notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 17 August 2026. The comment period closed on 16 October 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Chemical products

HS codes
  • 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes
    • 280540 Mercury
Notifying member
Ukraine
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/UKR/399

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 16 October 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
This Law will enter into force on the day following the day of its official publication.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 16 October 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/399; it can take them up with Ukraine.

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What the notification says

The draft Law aims to improve the regulatory framework for chemical safety and chemicals management in Ukraine and to align it with relevant international and European Union requirements. It introduces amendments to the legislation on chemical safety and chemicals management following Ukraine’s accession to the Minamata Convention on Mercury and to implement relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 on mercury, Regulation (EU) 2024/1849, Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), and Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals. The draft Law introduces and updates requirements concerning the management, use, import and export of hazardous chemicals, mercury and mercury-containing products, as well as the classification, labelling and packaging of hazardous substances and mixtures. It also provides for amendments to relevant administrative and insurance requirements applicable to activities involving chemical products. The proposed amendments are intended to strengthen the protection of human health and the environment from risks associated with hazardous chemicals and mercury and to establish a coherent and up-to-date regulatory framework for chemical safety and chemicals management.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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