G/SPS/N/KAZ/13  
 
11 December 2017  
(17-6785) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  KAZAKHSTAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Committee of Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
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 pigs; boar semen ; pork and processed products from pork ; 
rawhide ; horn-hoofed and intestinal raw materials ; bristle ; hunting trophies obtained from 
susceptible species of animals ; feed and feed additives for animals of plant and animal 
origin , including fr om poultry and fish ; feed additives for pet s that have not undergone 
heat treatment ; used equipment for transportation of pigs, products and raw materials of 
animal origin, for maintenance, slaughtering and cutting of pigs  
4. Regions or countries likely t o be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Belgorodskaya, Ivanovskaya, Irkutskaya, 
Moscovskaya, Nizhnegorodskaya, Novgorodskaya, Samarskaya, Tambovskaya, 
Chelyabinskaya, Tumenskaya  regions, Krasnoyarsky and Primorsky provinces of the 
Russian Federation  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Committee of Veterinary Control and 
Surveillance No. 15 -4-18/2411 -И of 20 November 2017 . Language(s): Kazakh and 
Russian.  Number of p ages: 2 
6. Description of content: The measure represents a temporary restriction on  the 
importation and transportation to the territory of Kazakhstan , and transit th rough th e 
territory of Kazakhstan from the Russian Federation of various products. These include  live 
pigs, boar semen, pork and processed products from pork, rawhide, horn -hoofed and 
intestinal raw materials, bristle, hunting trophies obtained from susceptible species of 
animals, feed and feed additives for animals of plant and animal origin,  including from 
poultry and fish, feed additives for pet that have not undergone heat treatment, used 
equipment for transportation of pigs, products and raw materials of animal origin, for 
maintenance, slaughtering and cutting of pigs.  
7. Objective and ra tionale: [ 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: Due to the 
registration of cases of susceptible animals with African swine fever in the territory of the 
Russian Federation.  G/SPS/N/KAZ/13  
 
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  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 of the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
20 November 2017  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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 National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
Department for Foreign Trade Activity Development  
8 Orynbor str., "House of Ministries" Adm. Bldg., E ntrance 7  
Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000  
Tel: +7 7172 76 86 02  
 +7 7172 74 30 98  
Fax: +7 7172 74 31 17  
E-mail: wto.kaz.ntf@gmail.com  
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 National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
Department for Foreign Trade Activity Development  
8 Orynbor str., "House of Ministries" Adm. Bldg., E ntrance 7  
Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000  
Tel: +7 7172 76 86 02  
 +7 7172 74 30 98  
Fax: +7 7172 74 31 17  
E-mail: wto.kaz.ntf@gmail.com