What legal issues arise when growing genetically modified ...?

The cultivation of genetically modified crops is not prohibited in Ukraine, but such varieties are subject to mandatory registration in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On the State System of Biosafety in the Creation, Testing, Transportation and Use of Genetically Modified Organisms."

State registration of GMOs is carried out by the central bodies of executive power after state testing (approbation). The approval and registration procedures are approved by CMU Resolution No. 808. Registration is carried out for a period of five years on a free basis.

Economic entities, which introduce GMOs into circulation for the first time, make a written declaration in an arbitrary form, in which the following must be indicated:

• information about the business entity;

• information that such products contain GMOs or were obtained with their use;

• number in the State Register of GMOs.