G/SPS/N/RUS/205  
 
29 January 2021  
(21-0819) 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 quarantined objects on the customs border and the customs territory of the 
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) . Language(s):  Russian . Number of pages:  22 
https://docs.eaeunion.org/ria/ru -ru/0104426/ria_19012021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/RUS/21_0756_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft provides for the amendment of the existing 
requiremen ts with the following:  
− provisions allowing the movement of quarantine products between the member 
States of the EAEU in hand luggage and passengers' luggage without a phytosanitary 
certificate;  
− provisions allowing to import into the customs territory of th e EAEU and move through 
its territory fruits and berries infected with quarantine species of lecanium, scale 
insects, bacteria, viruses, viroids, nematodes and phytoplasmas;  
− requirements for carrot seeds, seeds, micro -plants and minitubers of potato, raw 
sugar beet seeds for sowing, seedlings, stocks and cuttings of cherry ( Prunus 
mahaleb ), peach ( Prunus persica ), sweet cherry ( Prunus avium ) and olive 
(Olea europaea ), seedlings of fuchsia ( Fuchsia ), carnations ( Dianthus ), pumpkin 
crops, onion species ( Allium spp.) and asparagus rhizomes;  
− clarification of the requirements for seed and planting material for a wide range of 
agricultural and forestry crops;  
− clarification of the requirements for fresh vegetables, fruits and berries;  
− special quarantine phytosanita ry requirements for peat in relation to its production in 
areas free of the polyphagous humpbacked fly ( Megaselia scalaris) . 
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/205  
 
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  8. 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 tex t):  
[ ] 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. 7, 12, 15, 20, 32  
[ ] 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: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 March 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Addr ess, 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  
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 24 15  
E-mail: info@eecommission.org  
 dept_sps@eecommission.org