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UkraineProposed measure, open for comments

Pharmaceutical products – Ukraine

Official title

Draft Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine 'On Approval of the Procedure for the Importation and Circulation of Unregistered Medicinal Products in Ukraine'

Ukraine notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 October 2026. Comments are open until 11 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Medicinal products

HS codes
  • 30 · Pharmaceutical products
    • 30
Notifying member
Ukraine
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Harmonization
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/UKR/416
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 11 November 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 11 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/UKR/416 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Ukraine.

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What the notification says

The draft Order proposes to approve the Procedure for the Importation and Circulation of Unregistered Medicinal Products in Ukraine in order to: establish a uniform mechanism and regulate the procedures for the importation into Ukraine and circulation of unregistered medicinal products; specify the list of documents to be submitted to obtain confirmation for the importation of an unregistered medicinal product and the procedure for their review; establish specific cases in which unregistered medicinal products may be imported; lay down specific arrangements for the importation of unregistered medicinal products in emergencies that may pose a threat to public health. The draft Order prohibits the importation and use of falsified and substandard unregistered medicinal products, as well as medicinal products that are not registered in Ukraine and for which a regulatory decision to withdraw or suspend the marketing authorisation on safety grounds has been issued in the EU and/or the country of manufacture. The remaining shelf life of unregistered medicinal products imported into Ukraine must be at least half of the shelf life specified by the manufacturer where the specified shelf life is less than one year, or at least six months where the specified shelf life is more than one year. Upon the entry into force of this Order, Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 237 of 26 April 2011 'On Approval of the Procedure for Importation of Unregistered Medicinal Products…

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