G/SPS/N/RUS/244  
 
7 February 2022  
(22-0875) 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:  Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (the)  
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):  Seeds and pla nting material  
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:  Federal Law No. 454 -FZ as of 30 December 2021 
"On Seed Production" . Language(s):  Russian . Number of pages:  60 
https://rg.ru/2022/01/11/semenovodstvo -dok.html  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/RUS/22_1377_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Federal Law No. 149 -FZ as of 17 December 1997 "On Seed 
Produ ction" (as amended on 11 June 2021) becomes invalid from 1 September 2023 due 
to the entry into force of the Federal Law No. 454 -FZ as of 30 December 2021 "On Seed 
Production".  
The latter  sets out the requirement for seeds and planting materials to be acco mpanied 
with a genetic passport and documents containing data on varietal and sowing (planting) 
quality indicators, issued by laboratories audited by the Federal Service for Veterinary 
and Phytosanitary Surveillance.  
State control (supervision) will be pro vided at the checkpoints at the state border of the 
Russian Federation and (or) places of full customs clearance.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] 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) :  
[ ] 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 38  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/RUS/244  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant internati onal 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) : 30 December 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 January 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating meas ure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 April 2022  
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 Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor)  
1/11 Orlikov Lane  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +7(499) 975 4347  
Fax: +7 (495) 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 Surveillance ( Rosselkhoznadzor)  
1/11 Orlikov Lane  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +7 (499) 975 4347  
Fax: +7 (495) 607 5111  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru