G/SPS/N/RUS/62  
 
11 June 2014  
(14-3372)  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 
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): HS Codes: 0702, 0707, 0704, 0709, 0809, 0810, 0701 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Georgia  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-AS-3/8494 as of 23 May 2014  Language(s): 
Russian  Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: This letter eliminates the temporary restriction on export of 
tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbages, egg-plants, cherries and bird cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, persimmons, kiwis, berries, new potatoes to the Russian Federation due 
to an agreement between competent authoritie s of the Russian Federation and Georgia. 
The agreement was reached on pre-shipment  monitoring of regulated goods from 
Georgia. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] 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:  
[ ] 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 No 20  
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 26 May 2014 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
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:  
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance 
Orlikov pereulok 1/11 
107139 Moscow Tel: +(7 499) 975 43 47 
Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11 
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru 
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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: +(7 499) 975 43 47 Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11 
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru