G/TBT/N/KGZ/54  
17 November 2023  
(23-7765) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if differ ent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  FISH AND 
CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES (HS code(s): 03)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendments to 
the Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union "On the Safety of Fish a nd Fish 
Products" (EAEU TR 040/2016); (38 page(s), in Russian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft amendments propose the introduction of the following 
clarifications of: - certain provisions of the technical regulation, - requirements for 
handling live trepangs (Holothuria edulis) if live trepangs are handled live; - requirements 
for parasitological safety of fish products; - additions to the provisions of the technical 
regulation on specifying the country of origin of raw materials when labeling caviar (for 
black caviar/sturgeon fish species); - adjustments to the table on microbiological safety 
indicators of fish products, taking into account the updated provisions in the draft 
amendments to the technical regulation; - inclusion of tables on criteria fo r assessing the 
quality of fish and fish products during parasitological control related to paragraph 19 of 
the technical regulation  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safet y 
8. Relevant documents:   
Draft Amendments to the Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union "On the 
Safety of Fish and Fish Products" (EAEU TR 040/2016) (38 pages in Russian)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/KGZ/54  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0108776/pd_26102023  
https://eec.eaeunion.org/comission/department/deptexreg/tr/TR_EEU_040_2016.php  
https:// members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/KGZ/23_13486_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/KGZ/23_13486_0 1_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/KGZ/23_13486_02_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/KGZ/23_13486_03_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/KGZ/23_13486_04_x.pdf