G/SG/N/8/RUS/2/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/10/RUS/2/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/11/RUS/2  
 
13 September 2013  
(13-4835)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12 .1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY OR THREAT  
THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SAFEGUARDS ON TAKING A DECISION 
TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
(Tableware and Kitchenware of Porcelain) 
The following submission, dated 10 September 2 013 is being circulated at the request of the 
Russian Federation. 
 
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With reference to the WTO document G/SG/N/8/RUS/2-G/SG/N/10/RUS/2 hereby the Russian Federation notifies the Committee on Safeguar ds that on 27 August 2013 the Board of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission took a decision to apply a safeguard measure as proposed by the 
Department for Internal Market Defence.   
The decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission was published on the official website of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission on 28 August 2013 and is available at http://www.eurasiancommission.org/docs/Do wnload.aspx?IsDlg=0&print=1&ID=4628 . 
 
The public notice regarding the safeguard measur e was published on the official website of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission on 28 August 2013 and is available at http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ ru/act/trade/podm/notice/Lists /List/Attachments/37/notice
_determination_porcelain.pdf . 
 
The relevant report of the Department for Internal Market Defence can be 
downloaded from http://www.eurasiancommission. org/ru/act/trade/podm/ eec_investigations/Docu
ments/report_final_porcelain.pdf.  1  NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON 
TAKING A DECISION TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
1.  Provide evidence, citing relevant data an d the applicable period of investigation of 
serious injury or threat thereo f caused by increased imports 
 
Please see WTO documents G/SG/N/8/RUS/2-G/SG/N/10/RUS/2. More detailed information can be found in the report of the Departme nt for Internal Market Defence. 
 G/SG/N/8/RUS/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/RUS/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/RUS/2 
 
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  2.  Provide information on whether there is  an absolute increase in imports or an 
increase in imports relative  to domestic production 
 Please see WTO documents G/SG/N/8/RUS/2-G/SG/N/10/RUS/2. More detailed information can be 
found in the report of the Departme nt for Internal Market Defence. 
 3.  Provide precise description of the prod uct involved. Provide the Harmonized System 
numbers under which the product enters at le ast at a 6-digit HS level, and at a sub-
national level (e.g. 8-digit HS, 9-digit HS or  10-digit HS) if practi cable. (The HS codes 
will be provided for reference purposes only.)  
Tableware and kitchenware of porcelain is classified under the code 6911 10 000 0 of the Single 
Commodity Nomenclature for Foreign Economic Activities of the Customs Union. The above code is provided only for information purpose. More detailed information can be found in the report of the 
Department for Internal Market Defence. 
 4.  If the final measure replaces a provisiona l measure, or if a final measure is extended, 
a Member is encouraged to provide a writte n description of any pa rt of the imported 
product that will no longer be subject to  the measure and the Harmonized System 
numbers under which it enters at least at a 6-digit level, and at a sub-national level 
(e.g. 8-digit, 9-digit or 10- digit level) if practicable 
 
Not applicable.   
5.  Provide precise descript ion of the proposed measure 
 The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission t ook a decision to apply a safeguard measure in 
the form of a safeguard duty in amounts as specified in the following table. 
 
Period of 
application From 29 September 2013 
to 28 September 2014 From 29 September 2014 
to 28 September 2015 From 29 September 2015 
to 28 September 2016 
Amount of 
duty 1,479 US Dollars per 1 ton 1035.3 US Dollars per 1 ton 591.6 US Dollars per 1 ton 
 
6.  Provide proposed date of introduction of the measure  
The measure shall become effective on 29 September 2013.  
 7.  Provide expected duration of the measure.  
The period of application of the safeguard measure is 3 years. 
 8.  For a measure with a duration of more than three years, provide the proposed date 
for the review (under Article 7.4) to be held  not later than the mid-term of the measure, 
if such a date for the review has already been scheduled  
Not applicable. 
 9.  If the expected duration is over one ye ar, provide expected timetable for progressive 
liberalization of the measure 
 
The measure is to be liberalized as follows.  
Period of 
application From 29 September 2013 
to 28 September 2014 From 29 September 2014 
to 28 September 2015 From 29 September 2015 
to 28 September 2016 
Amount of 
duty 1,479 US Dollars per 1 ton 1035.3 US Dollars per 1 ton 591.6 US Dollars per 1 ton 
 G/SG/N/8/RUS/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/RUS/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/RUS/2 
 
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  10.  If the notification relates only to a find ing of serious injury or threat thereof, and 
does not relate to a decision to apply or extend a safeguard measure, provide 
information regarding procedures for prior consultation with those Members having a 
substantial interest as export ers of the product concerned. 
 
Not applicable.  
11.  If the measure is being extended, also provide:  
 i. evidence that the industry concerned is  adjusting and that the safeguard measure 
continues to be necessary to pr event or remedy serious injury; 
ii. reference to the WTO document that notifi ed the initial application of the measure; 
iii. duration of the measure from initial app lication till the date at which it will be 
extended; and, 
iv. precise description of the measure in plac e prior to the date of extension (in this 
context, please note that the last senten ce of Article 7.4 states that: "A measure 
extended under paragraph 2 shall not be more restrictive than it was at the end of the 
initial period, and should co ntinue to be liberalized.") 
 Not applicable.  
12.  If the notification relates to a decision to apply or extend a safeguard measure, 
Members are encouraged to provide the following information: i. The major exporting Members of imports of the product involved. 
ii. If there are any exporting Members to which the measure does not apply for any 
reason other than the application of Articl e 9.1, the names of such exporting Members 
and reasons for non-application of the measure. 
 
The major exporting Members of the product involv ed are China, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland 
and Germany.  
2  NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9, F OOTNOTE 2 OF NON-APPLICATION OF THE 
SAFEGUARD MEASURE TO THE PRODUCT OR IGINATING IN CERTAIN DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES 
1.  Specify the measure 
 The safeguard measure is specified in the Notifi cation submitted under Article 12.1(c) of the 
Agreement on Safeguards. 
 2.  Specify the product subject to the measure  
The product subject to the safeguard measure is specified in the Notification submitted under 
Article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on Safeguards.  
3.  Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under 
Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these countries 
individually and collectively 
 
The measure shall not be applied to the product originating in the developing countries – users of the Customs Union Tariff Preferences System, ex cept China. Shares of imports from these 
countries, except China, individually do not exceed 3 per cent and collectively do not account for 
more than 9 per cent of the total imports of tableware and kitchenware of porcelain into the single 
customs territory of the Customs Union of the Repub lic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and 
the Russian Federation. 
 
4.  Subsequently, if there is a change in th e list of developing countries exempted from 
the safeguard measure pursuant to  Article 9.1, please notify: 
i. the reference to the WTO document that no tified the Members about the initial action 
under footnote 2 to Article 9.1; ii. if applicable, names of the countries wh ich are dropped from the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, the list G/SG/N/8/RUS/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/10/RUS/2/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/11/RUS/2 
 
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  of the countries remaining on the list, the in dividual and collective import shares of the 
developing countries remaining on the list, and the date on which the safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the list; iii. if applicable, names of the countries which are added to the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, the list 
of all the countries on the list, the indivi dual and collective import shares of the 
developing countries on the list, and the da te from which the safeguard measure does 
not apply to the countries which are added to the list. 
 Not applicable.  
The address of the competent authority for correspondence is: 
 Eurasian Economic Commission 
Department for Internal Market Defen сe 
3/5, Smolensky boulevard Moscow, 119121, Russia 
Tel. +7 (495) 6692400 ext. 1309, 1272, 1291 
Fax +7 (495) 6692400 ext. 1109 E-mail: tradedefence@eecommission.org  
 
 
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