G/SPS/N/RUS/149  
 
24 April 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: The Eurasian Economic Commission  
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): Goods (products) subject to veterinary control  
4. Regions or countries likely to be a ffected, 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 Commission Commission  
Decision on amendments to the Common list of goods subject to veterinary control 
(surveillance) . Language(s): Russian.  Number of pages: 2 
https://docs.eaeunion.org/ria/ru -ru/0102947/ria_20042018  
6. Description of content: The Draft provides for the addition of the list of goods subject to 
veterinary control (surveillance) with goods corresponding to the codes of the Common 
Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic 
Union  1901 90 910 0 and 1901 90 990 0, as well as for the realigning of the description of 
goods corresponding to the code "ex 2106" with the Common Commodity Nomenclature of 
Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Econo mic Union.  
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 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 5.1  
[ ] 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 stand ard:  G/SPS/N/RUS/149  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[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) : 23 June 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Mea sures  
Tel: +(7 495) 669 24 00 (ext. 5168)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 24 15  
E-mail:  t.zhukova@eecommission.org  
  dept_sps@eecommission.org  
Website:  http://www.eurasiancommission.org  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Measures  
Tel: +(7 495) 669 24 00 (ext. 5168)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 24 15  
E-mail:  t.zhukova@eecommission.org  
  dept_sps@eecommission.org  
Website:  http://www.eurasiancommission.org