G/SPS/N/RUS/179  
 
12 February 2020  
(20-1108) 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:  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):  Live swine, meat of swine, meat and edible meat offal, swine 
embryos and boar' semen (HS Code(s): 0103; 0203; of 0511; 020630000; 020910; 
4103300000; of 0210; of 5002; of 0511, 0f 9601; of 9705 00  000 0; 3101; 2309* of 
160100*; 1602*) *with exception of p repared heat -treated goods of pork, prepared 
goods containing pork or raw materials of animal origin (from pork) for the production of 
feeds for non -productive and fur -producing animals with the use of technologies providing 
destruction of ASF in accordanc e with the provision of Chapter 15.1 of the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Democratic People's Republic  of Korea,  
Philippines, Timor -Leste, Zimbabwe  
5. Title of the notified document:  Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary No. FS -KS-7/3308 as of 5 February 2020.  Language(s): Russian . 
Number  of pages: 1 
https://me mbers.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/RUS/20_1128_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of live 
swine, meat of swine and products containing pork, embryos of swine and boar semen 
from specific territories due to the registration of outbreaks of  ASF. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This measure is 
applied to avoid  import of unsafe products to the Russian Federation.  
9. 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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 15.1  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/RUS/179  
 
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  [ ] 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:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/m m/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
5 February 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 Surveillance  
Orlikov pereulok 1/11  
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 Surveillance  
Orlikov pereulok 1/11  
107139 Moscow  
Tel: +(7499) 975 4347  
Fax: +(7495) 607 5111  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru