G/SPS/N/RUS/42  
 
14 January 2014  
(14-0144)  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: Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Grain 
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: Draft of the Eurasian Economic Collegium Decision on 
amendments to the CU Technical Regulation "On safety of grain", adopted by the Decision of the CU Commission No. 874 as of 9 December 2011  Language(s): Russian
  
Number of pages: 1 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/ texnreg/deptexreg/tr /Documents/1%20R%2
0Kol%20o%20por%20Izm%202%20Zerno.pdf 
6. Description of content: The document introduces amendments to the CU Technical 
Regulation "On safety of grain" in order to establish common terminology for rape in the CU Technical Regulation "On oil and fat products", "On food safety" and "On safety of 
grain". Replacement is previewed for the word "grain" to "seed", since raw material for 
rapeseed oil is rapeseed. With this regard amendments are made in Annex 1 (distinguishing characteristics of an oil plant named rapeseed) and Annex 6 (the word 
"grain" is replaced with the word "seed"). 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/RUS/42 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
The Customs Union Technical Regulation "On safety of grain", adopted by the Decision of the Customs Union (CU) Commission No. 874 as of 9 December 2011. 
http://www.tsouz.ru/db/techreglam/D ocuments/TehReg% 20TZ%20Zerno.pdf  (available 
in Russian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : January 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : January 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Enters into force six months after the adoption of the technical 
regulation. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 March 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(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@eurasiancommission.org  
Website: http://www.eurasiancommission.org  
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation  
Department for governing of agricultural mark et, fishery, food and processing industry  
Tel/Fax: +(7 495) 607 83 41; +(7 495) 607 83 62 E-mail: pr.depagroprod@mcx.ru  
Website: http://www.mcx.ru/  
 
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@eurasiancommission.org  
Website: http://www.eurasiancommission.org