G/SPS/N/RUS/170  
 
29 October 2019  
(19-7173) 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):  Peat (HS code: 270300)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Iceland, peat produced by "Harte Peat Ltd" 
(Leonard's Island, Clones, Co. Monaghan, Iceland)  
5. Title of the notified document:  Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance as of  22 October 2019 No. FS -YUSH -3/27903 . Language(s): 
Russian . Number of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/RUS/19_6027_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This letter introduces temporary restrictions on import of peat  
from Iceland produced by "Harte Peat Ltd" due to detection of the fly  Megaselia scalaris  
(Loew).  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This measure is 
applied to avoid the introduction and dispersal of quarantine pests into t he territory of the 
Russian Federation.  
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) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Hea lth (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : Item 1 
Article VII IPPC  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/RUS/170  
 
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  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 applic ation (as applicable):  
24 October 2019  
[ ] 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 available) of other body:   
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance  
Orlikov pereulok 1/11  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7 499) 975 4347  
Fax: +(7 495) 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: +(7 499) 975 4347  
Fax: +(7 495) 607 5111 
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru