G/SPS/N/RUS/243  
18 January 2022  
(22-0376) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The Eurasian Economic Commission  
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):  Goods (products) subject to phytosanitary control  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Eurasian Economic Commission Council Draft Decision 
on amendments to the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Quarantine 
Products and Quarantine Objects a t the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of 
the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) approved by the Decision of the Council of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission as of 30 November 2016 No. 157 . Language(s):  
Russian . Number of pages:  11 
https://docs.eaeunion.org/ria/ru -ru/0105029/ria_21122021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/RUS/22_0420_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft provides for the inclusion of 11 new quarantine pests 
to the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Quarantine Products and 
Quarantine Objects at the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of the EAEU:  
− Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa Karsch),  
− Cucurbit beetle (Diabrotica speciosa Germar),  
− Wester n potato flea beetle (Epitrix subcrinita LeСonte),  
− Emarginate ips (Ips emarginatus LeСonte),  
− Monterey pine engraver (Pseudips mexicanus Hopkins),  
− Western cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis indifferens Curran),  
− African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta Walker),  
− Sunflower fruit fly (Strauzia longipennis Wiedemann),  
− American dagger nematode (Xiphinema americanum sensu stricto Cobb),  
− Bricolense dagger nematode (Xiphinema bricolense Ebsary, Vrain & Graham),  
− Californian dagger nematode (Xiphinema californicum Lamberti  & Bleve -Zacheo) . 
The draft also provides for changes to the regulatory legal acts of the EAEU regarding the 
import into the customs territory of the EAEU of quarantine products weighing up to 5 kg 
in express cargo without a phytosanitary certificate.  
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.   G/SPS/N/RUS/243  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify th e 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) :  
 ISPM No. 1, 4, 7, 12, 29, 36, 38, 39  
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 March 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) of other body:   
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures  
2 Letnikovskaya St., bld.1/2 115114  
Moscow, Russian Federation  
Tel: +(7 495) 669 2400 (ext. 5197)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 2415  
E-mail: info@eecommission.org  
dept_sps@eecommission.org  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures  
2 Letnikovskaya St., bld.1/2 115114  
Moscow, Russian Federation  
Tel: +(7 495) 669 2400 (ext. 5197)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 2415  
E-mail: info@eecommission.org  
dept_sps @eecommission.org