WT/DS485/11  
 
15 June 2017  
(17-3175) Page: 1/2 
  Original: English  
 
 RUSSIA – TARIFF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL  
AND MANUFACTURING PR ODUCTS  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATI ON 
The following communication, dated 8 June 2017 , was received from the delegation of the Russian 
Federation with the request that it be ci rculated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).  
 
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On 26 September 2016 the Dispute Settlement Body ( "DSB") adopted the Panel report on 
the case Russia – Tariff Treatment of Certain Agricultural and Manufacturing Products  (DS485).  
We recall th at the Panel recommended the Russian Federation to bring a number of 
challenged measures  in conformity with Articles II:1(a) and II:1(b) of the GATT 1994.  
Pursuant to Article 21.3(b) of the Dispute Settlement Understanding, the Russian Federation 
and the European Union agreed on the reasonable period of time to implement the DSB 
recommendations and rulings in this dispute that expired on 11 May 2017.  
Russia fully implemented the DSB rulings before  the above deadline as detailed below.  
For measures 1 -5, i.e. the measures concerning paper and paperboard products (HS 4810 
22 900, 4810 29  300 0, 4810 92  300 0, 4810 13  800 9), the Common Customs Tariff of the 
Eurasian Economic Union was amended in accordance with the recommendation of the Panel by 
virtue of t he  Decision of the Board of Eurasian Economic Union № 13 that was adopted on 
31 January 2017 and came into force on 3 March 2017.  
For measures 6 – 8, i.e. the measures concerning pa per and paperboard products 
(HS 481092 100 0), palm oil and its fractions (HS 1511 90  190 2, 1511 90  990 2), the Russian 
Federa tion had amended its applied duties before or in the course of these proceedings. The 
Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in respect of paper and paperboard 
products (the 6th measure) was amended by virtue of the Decision of the Board of t he Eurasian 
Economic Commission № 85 that was adopted on 2 June 2015 and entered into force  on  
20 August 2015. According to the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission 
№ 52 adopted on 16 July 2014 the duties on palm oil and its fractions (7 – 8 measures) ceased to 
be in force as of 1 September 2015.  
In relation to the  9th measure, i.e. the measure concerning the duty on combined 
refrigerators -freezers (HS 8418 10  200 1), the duty was amended by the Decision of the Council of 
the Eurasian Economic Commission № 40 that  was adopted on 16 May 2016 and entered into force 
on 1 September 2016.  
For measures 10 – 11, i.e., the measures concerning the duties on combined refrigerators -
freezers (HS 8418 10  800 1) and refrigerators (HS 8418 21  100 0), the duties were amended in 
the course of these proceedings by virtue of the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic 
Commission № 54 that was adopted on 21 August 2015 and entered into force on 
20 September  2015.  WT/DS485/11  
 
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  Therefore, Russia fully implemented the DSB rulings and recommendations in this dispute 
prior to the expiry of the reasonable period of time agreed by the Parties.  
The Rus sian Federation provided to the EU the copies of all relevant decisions and acts 
concerning implementation in this dispute. The Russian Federation is ready to provide, upon 
request, the copies of its implementing documents to any Member. Such information i s also 
available on the website of the Eurasian Economic Commission, which is 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org .  
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