G/SPS/N/RUS/189  
 
18 May 2020  
(20-3647) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Live poultry,  bird eggs, meat and edible offal of poultry, machinery 
for preparing animal feeding stuffs, poultry incubators and brooders.  
HS Codes: 0105;  0407, 0408; 0207;0208,0209,0210,0410 00 000 0,0504 00 000 
0,0505,0511,1501,1506 00 000 0,1516 10,151 8 00,1601 00,1602, 1603 00,1902 
20,1904 20,products from group 20, from 2104, from 2106, 4206 00 000 0, 0106;  508 
10 000 0,0106,9705 00 000 0; 9508 10 000 0,0106; 2102, 2309, 2936, 3504, 3507, 
3808, 3824; 3923,3926,4415 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 0 0, 7310, 7326, 7616, 
8436 10 000 0, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 
8716 39  800; 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or c ountries:  Bulgaria, Kyustendil province  
5. Title of the notified document:  Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance № FS -KS-7/12061 as of  17 April 2020 . 
Language(s):  Russian . Number of pages: 2 
https://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/laws/7238.html  
6. Description of content:  This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of life 
poultry and poultry products from  Bulgaria  (Kyustendil province) due to the outbreak of 
highly pathogenic avian influenza . 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This measure is 
introduced to prevent spread of avian influenza  in the territory of the Russian Federation.  G/SPS/N/RUS/189  
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 10.4  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant inte rnational standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
17 April 2020   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avai lable) of other body:   
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance  
Orlikov pereulok 1/11  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7499) 975 4347  
Fax: +(7495) 607 5111  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance  
Orlikov pereulok 1/11  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7499) 975 4347  
Fax: +(7495) 607 5111  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru