Ukraine: Foreign Export Ability Criteria Adopted

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   UP2022-0076

On August 22nd, 2022, Ukraine adopted the official criteria for determining the significant impact of the proposed veterinary-sanitary measure or the approved emergency veterinary-sanitary measure on the export opportunities of foreign countries. The regulation did not provide an explicit list of actions that Ukraine’s competent authority will be undertaking, in the case of a notification or discovery of a measure.

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