G/SPS/N/KAZ/92  
 
27 July 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  KAZAKHSTAN  
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 Certain Decisions of the Customs Union Commission and the Eurasian 
Economic Commission Council" . Languag e(s):  Russian . Number of pages:  2 
The draft document has been posted on the legal portal of the Eurasian Economic Union 
at: https://docs.eaeunion.org/ria/ru -ru/0104660/ria_02062021 . 
6. Description of content:  The Draft provides for the amendment of the List of quarantined 
products (quarantined freights, quarantined materials, quarantined goods) subject to 
quarantine phytosanitary control (supervision) at the customs border of the Eurasian 
Economic Union and in  the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter 
"the List") approved by the Customs Union Commission Decision dated 18 June 2010 
No. 318 in terms of transferring the position "Unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse" 
(the HS code 2401 of the Common Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity 
of the Eurasian Economic Union) from Part II of the List "Quarantined products 
(quarantined freights, quarantined materials, quarantined goods) with a low phytosanitary 
risk" to Part I of th e List "Quarantined products (quarantined freights, quarantined 
materials, quarantined goods) with a high phytosanitary risk". The amendment does not 
provide for the increase of the list of goods.  
The Draft also provides for the following quarantine phytos anitary requirements for the 
above mentioned products: "must come from places and (or) production sites free from 
the polyphagous humpback fly ( Megaselia scalaris  (Loew))" due to the fact that this type 
of plant product can potentially serve as a pathway f or the introduction and spread of 
harmful organisms in the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.  
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. 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) :  G/SPS/N/ KAZ/92  
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  [ ] 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) : Articles IV, 
VII 
[ ] 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) : 25 September 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
Department for Foreign Trade Activity  
8 Mangilik Yel ave., "House of Ministries" Adm. Bldg., Entrance 7  
Nur-Sultan,  Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000  
Tel: +7 7172 74 37 61  
 +7 7172 76 86 02  
Fax: +7 7172 76 88 04  
E-mail: wto.kaz.ntf@gmail.com  
 
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures  
2, Letnikovskaya Lane  
105064 Moscow , Russian Federation  
Tel: +(7 495) 669 2400 (ext. 5151)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 2415  
E-mail: info@eecommission.org  
 dept_sps@eecommission.org  G/SPS/N/ KAZ/92  
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
Department for Foreign Trade Activity  
8 Mangilik Yel ave., "House of Ministries" Adm. Bldg., Entrance 7  
Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000  
Tel: +7 7172 74 37 61  
 +7 7172 76 86 02  
Fax: +7 7172 76 88 04  
E-mail: wto.kaz.ntf@gmail.com  
 
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures  
2, Letnikovskaya Lane  
105064 Moscow, Russian Federation  
Tel: +(7 495) 669 2400 (ext. 5151)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 2415  
E-mail: info@eecommission.org  
 dept_sps@eecommission.org