烟草在线据俄新社报道编译　　3月14日，《乌克兰商业日报》报道说，正在寻求扩大自己的烟草出口的乌克兰请求世界贸易组织取消澳大利亚实施的新卷烟包装设计法律。

　　澳大利亚在去年11月实施了一项禁止在卷烟包装上使用企业商标和标识的法律。

　　乌克兰政府称，这项禁令违反了关于知识产权的国际法规。《乌克兰商业日报》的报道说，乌克兰于去年11月11日就提交了投诉，不过媒体直到现在才得知这些情况。

　　3月12日，在与澳大利亚进行的双边谈判开始时，乌克兰政府提出了这个请求。

　　从2012年12月1日开始，澳大利亚所有卷烟都要以类似的深棕色包装出售。制造商的名称和卷烟类别将以标准的白色字体写出。关于吸烟危险的警语和描绘吸烟者中蔓延的疾病图片将占烟盒正面的75%，占烟盒背面的90%。

　　《乌克兰商业日报》未能取得乌克兰政府的欧元一体化谈判代表Valery Pyatnitsky对相关问题的评论。

　　接近乌克兰经济部的一名消息来源说，他对乌克兰提出投诉感到惊讶，因为乌克兰烟草生产商的利益并没有受到影响。

　　据乌克兰国家统计署说，乌克兰不向澳大利亚出口烟草产品。

　　英美烟草乌克兰公司的经理Yelena Tishchenko-Tishklovets告诉《乌克兰经济日报》说，乌克兰烟草协会在扩大乌克兰出口潜力时讨论了这个问题。

Ukraine Files WTO Complaint over Australian Tobacco Law

　　Ukraine, which is looking for opportunites to expand its tobacco exports, has asked the World Trade Organization to cancel new cigarette pack design rules imposed by Australia, Kommersant Ukraine reported on Thursday.

　　Australia adopted a law last November prohibiting the use of corporate trade marks and logos on cigarette packs.

　　The Ukrainian government claims the ban violates international rules on intellectual property. Ukraine sent the complaint on November 11, although the media has learned about this only now, the paper said.

　　On Tuesday the Ukrainian government sent a request on the start of bilateral negotiations with Australia.

　　From December 1, 2012, all cigarettes in Australia will be sold in similar packs of the dark brown color. The names of producers and cigarette class will be written in standard letters of the white color. The warnings about the danger of smoking and also photos illustrating diseases spread among smokers will occupy 75 percent of the pack's front and 90 percent of its back.

　　Kommersant Ukraine failed to get a comment from Valery Pyatnitsky, the Ukrainian government's envoy for Eurointegration.

　　A source close to the Ukrainian Economics Ministry said he was surprised by Ukraine's complaint because the interests of Ukrainian tobacco producers were not affected.

　　According to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service, Ukraine does not export tobacco products to Australia.

　　Yelena Tishchenko-Tishklovets, a manager of British American Tobacco Ukraine, told the paper that the Ukrainian Tobacco Association had discussed this issue in the context of expanding Ukraine's export possibilities. Enditem