The Law provides for:
1) simplification of phytosanitary requirements for export, import and movement of agricultural products of plant origin through the territory of Ukraine, in particular the possibility of drawing up a phytosanitary certificate in electronic form;
2) during martial law and within 90 days after its termination or cancellation:
− expansion of the list of entities that can take samples and conduct phytosanitary examination, in particular, the introduction of a simplified order of authorization of private laboratories and the possibility of taking samples by specialists of such laboratories, as well as certification auditors (agronomical inspectors);
− giving the ability to reissue the phytosanitary certificate;
− simplification of procedures for submitting documents for state registration of pesticides and agrochemicals in order to approximate the legislation of Ukraine to the legislation of the European Union, in particular the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 in terms of the requirement to have a conclusion of sanitary and epidemiological expertise;
− expansion of the list of agrochemicals allowed to import to Ukraine, production, trade, use and advertising without state registration;
3) possibility for Ukrainian producers of organic products, which are produced according to EU standards, to move to Ukrainian production standards without additional transitional period (if it happens within one certification body);
4) regulating within three years from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law import (sending) of goods subject to documentary checks, compliance checks and physical checks carried out at the checkpoints (points of control) through the state border of Ukraine;
5) exclusion provisions that prohibit import to Ukraine of goods with live animals in transit through countries where there are cases of dangerous diseases according to the list of OIE, to which the animals concerned are susceptible;
6) postponing the enactment of the Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary medicine" for one year after termination or cancellation of martial law, but no later than 1 January 2024.
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