G/SPS/N/RUS/200  
 
9 December 2020  
(20-8855) 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 
(Rosselkhoznadzor)  
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 applicabl e): Unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse (HS Code: 2401)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Japan  
5. Title of the notified document:  Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveilance (Rosselkhoznadzor) No. FS -YUSH -3/33271 of 1 December 
2020. Language(s): Russian . Number of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/RUS/20_7523_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This letter notes that, due to systematic detection of " Megaseli a 
scalaris " in unmanufactured tobacco originated from Japan, imports of unmanufactured 
tobacco and tobacco refuse from Japan to the Russian Federation is temporally prohibited.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant prot ection, 
[ ] 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 imposed in order to protect the territory of the Russian Federation from introduction 
and spread of  quarantine concern pest.  
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 Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : Article VII, 
para. 1  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/RUS/200  
 
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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:  
Not known   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
2 December 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 available) of other body:   
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision  
1/11 Orlikov Lane  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7 499) 975 43 47  
Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11  
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 Supervision  
1/11 Orlikov Lane  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7 499) 975 43 47  
Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru