Agribusiness
Ukraine's new GMO law arrives with an open-ended ban on GM maize and a bridge to EU rules
The 2023 law entering into force in September 2026 sets up permits, state registers, labelling thresholds of 0.1–0.9% and enforcement, bans open-field GM maize indefinitely and GM sugar beet and rapeseed for five years, and cancels every GMO registration not permitted in the EU the day Ukraine joins