G/SPS/N/RUS/193  
 
24 July 2020  
(20-5095) 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:  Letter of 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):  Seed potatoes  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Netherlands  
5. Title of the notified document:  Letter of the Federal Service for  the Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary No. FS -NV-3/19938 as of July 14, 2020 . Language(s): Russian . 
Number  of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/RUS/20_4475_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This letter notes that due to  detection of Ralstonia 
solanacearum in two provinces of the Neterlands - Groningen and Friesland from 
15 July 2020 imports of seed potatoes  from the Netherlands to the Russian Federation  is 
carried out on the basis of preshipment control conducted on the territory of the 
Netherl ands.  
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 urgen t action:  This measure is  
imposed in order to avoid the introduction of planting and seed material from areas, 
places of production and production sites where pests of quarantine concern for Eurasian 
Economic Union  occur.  
9. Is there a relevant internatio nal 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) : ISPM 
No. 4, No. 10 and No. 36.  
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  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):  
15 July 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: +(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 and Phytosanitary Supervision  
1/11 Orlikov Lane  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7499) 975 4347  
Fax: +(7495) 607 5111  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru