G/SPS/N/RUS/258  
21 February  2023 
(23-1241) 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, egg products, meat and edible offal of poultry, poultry 
meat products, daily chic ks, incubation egg of poultry, Incubation egg (except poultry egg), 
live bird (except poultry), feed and feed additives for birds, equipment for the 
maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds  (HS codes: 0105; 0407, 0408; 0207; 0208, 
0209, 0210, 0410 00 00 0 0, 0504 00 000 0, 0505, 0511, 1501, 1506 00 000 0, 1516 10, 
1518 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, 35 04, 3507, 3808, 3824; 3923, 3926, 4415 4416 00 000 0, 
4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 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 r elevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Ecuador  
5. Title of the notified document:  Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS -ARe-7/4954 -5 as of 24 January 2023 . 
Language(s):  Russian . Number of pages:  2 
https://fsvps.gov.ru/ru/fsvps/laws/215977.html  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/RUS/23_1242_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of life  
poultry and poultry products from Ecuador to the territory of the Russian Federation and on 
transit of live poultry through the Russian territory due to the outbreak of high 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:  The measure is 
introduced to prevent the spread o f highly pathogenic avian influenza in the territory of the 
Russian Federation.  G/SPS/N/RUS/258  
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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 international 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):  
24 January 2023  
[ ] 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: +(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 an d Phytosanitary Surveillance  
Orlikov pereulok 1/11  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7499) 975 4347  
Fax: +(7495) 607 5111  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru