Import of seeds and planting material: documents accompanying the cargo

How is the import of cargo with seeds and planting material, research and official samples of seeds and planting material checked? All this is specified in the "Procedure for checking documents and information specified in documents accompanying cargo with seeds and planting material, research and official samples of seeds and planting material, by the state phytosanitary inspector during phytosanitary control."

List of documents accompanying the cargo:

• Seed

1. phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export);
2. copies of the seed quality document or copies of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development certificate and the International Seed Quality Control Association certificate.

• Planting material

1. phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export)
2. copies of the document on the quality of planting material.

• Seeds of varieties that are parental components

1. phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export);
2. copies of the seed quality document or copies of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development certificate and the International Seed Quality Control Association certificate;
3. there is information about the variety as a parental component in the State Register of Patents for Plant Varieties or the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine;
4. information confirmed by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine about the variety of vegetable crops as a parental component, information about which is not available in the State Register of Patents for Plant Varieties or the State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine, but which is a component part of a hybrid of a variety for which information is available in the State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine (in this case, the importer must contact the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine before importing the cargo. The document is submitted in paper or electronic form).

• Test samples of the variety for the purposes of variety qualification examination

1. phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export);
2. notification of acceptance of the application for a variety for consideration, import of test samples of the variety for the purposes of qualification examination of the variety and the official sample issued by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

• Samples of seeds and planting material of plant varieties not included in the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine, for selection, research and exhibition purposes

1. phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export);
2. confirmation of the import into Ukraine of samples of seeds and planting material of plant varieties not included in the State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine, for carrying out breeding, research work and exhibition and export from Ukraine of samples of seeds and planting material of plant varieties not included in the State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine or a copy of the application (with a description of the accepted documents) with a note on the date of its acceptance by the SSUFSCP (in the event that, within five working days from the date of expiry of the established period, the SSUFSCP has not submitted a confirmation or a decision on a reasoned refusal to issue it to the single state information web portal “Single Window for International Trade”);

• Seeds and planting material of a variety not included in the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine, but included in the List of Plant Varieties of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of those agricultural plants to which Ukraine has joined the variety certification schemes, for the purposes of propagation and further export outside Ukraine

1. phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export);
2. copies of the certificate of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;
3. confirmation of information on the plant variety of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the List of Plant Varieties of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of those agricultural plants to whose variety certification schemes Ukraine has joined;
4. consent (agreement) for reproduction issued by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

• Seeds and planting material of a variety not included in the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine, but included in the List of Plant Varieties of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of those agricultural plants to which Ukraine has joined the variety certification schemes, for the purposes of propagation and further export outside Ukraine

1. phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export);
2. copies of the certificate of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;
3. confirmation of information on the plant variety of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the List of Plant Varieties of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of those agricultural plants to which Ukraine has joined the variety certification schemes consent (agreement) for propagation issued by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

It is important to note that during the period of martial law in Ukraine and within 90 days after its termination, the import into the territory of Ukraine of planting material of public domain and common varieties (there is no information in the State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine) for planting and/or growing perennial plantations (fruit, berry, nut, grape, hop) is carried out on the basis of:

• phytosanitary certificate (phytosanitary certificate for re-export),
• notification of the imported variety belonging to public domain varieties or common varieties, issued by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine in accordance with the submitted application for the variety
• copies of the document on the quality of planting material.

More details:

• We write about the service for issuing confirmation for the import into Ukraine of samples of seeds and planting material of plant varieties that are not included in the State Register of Plant Varieties Suitable for Distribution in Ukraine here. Please note that the application in electronic form is submitted to the email address of the SSUFSCP: info@dpss.gov.ua , with a qualified electronic signature of the business entity.
• About registration in the State Register of Patents for Plant Varieties or the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine on the official web portal of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.