G/TBT/N/RUS/152  
14 November 2023  
(23-7665) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eecommission.org  
Website: www.eurasiancommission.org   
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Russian Scientific and Technical Center for Information on Standardization, Metrology a nd 
Conformity Assessment  
(Standartinform, National enquiry point for the TBT Agreement)  
Tel: +7(495) 531 -26-59 
E-mail: info@gostinfo.ru  
Website: www.gostinfo.ru   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fish 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendments to 
the Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union "On the Safety of Fish and Fish 
Products" (EAEU TR 040/2016 ); (38 page(s), in Russian)  
6. Description of content:  The draft amendments propose the introduction of the following 
clarifications of:  
- certain provisions of the technical regulation,  
- requirements for handling live trepangs (Holothuria edulis) if li ve trepangs are handled 
live; 
- requirements for parasitological safety of fish products;  
- additions to the provisions of the technical regulation on specifying the country of origin 
of raw materials when labeling caviar (for black caviar/sturgeon fish sp ecies);  
- adjustments to the table on microbiological safety indicators of fish products, taking into 
account the updated provisions in the draft amendments to the technical regulation;  G/TBT/N/RUS/152  
 
- 2 - 
 
  - inclusion of tables on criteria for assessing the quality of fish an d fish products during 
parasitological control related to paragraph 19 of the technical regulation  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Improving the level of safety of fish products to protect human life and (or) 
health, prevent actions misleading consumers.  
Clarification of certain provisions of the technical regulation based on the practice of its 
application in terms of definitions of fish products, requirements for parasitological and 
microbiologi cal safety indicators of fish products, labeling, as well as the processes of 
production and transportation of fish products  
8. Relevant documents:   
Draft Amendments to the Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union "On the 
Safety of Fish and Fis h Products" (EAEU TR 040/2016) (38 pages in Russian)  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0108776/pd_26102023  
Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economi c Union "On the Safety of Fish and Fish 
Products" (EAEU TR 040/2016)  
https://eec.eaeunion.org/comission/department/deptextreg/tr/TR_EEU_040_2016.php  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  31 January 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eecommission.org  
Website: www.eurasiancommission.org   
https://docs.eaeunion.org/en -us