G/SPS/N/RUS/87
10 December 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member:  RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  The Federal Service for the 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): Poultry meat and all poultry products, feeds and feed 
additives for poultry, used equipment for keeping, slaughter and butchering of birds, live 
poultry, hatching eggs, feathers. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and 
Brandenburg)  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-NV-8/23783 as of 1 December 2014  Language(s): 
Russian  Number of pages: 2 
http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/laws/4032.html  
6. Description of content: This letter introduces a temporary restriction on imports of 
poultry meat and all poultry products, not he at treated (at least 70°C), feeds and feed 
additives for poultry (except feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis), used equipment for keeping, slaughter and butchering of birds from Germany to the 
territory of the Russian Federation due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian 
influenza. 
Furthermore, it also introduces a temporar y restriction on imports of live poultry, 
hatching eggs, feathers, poultry meat and all poultry products, not heat treated (at least 
70°C), feeds and feed additives for poultry, used equipment for keeping, slaughter and 
butchering of birds from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg (Germany) to the territory of the Russian Federation due to the above-mentioned reason. 
As for deliveries of the live poultry, hatching eggs from Germany to Russia, the 
appropriate veterinary certificates must be accompanied by an annex, signed and stamped by the veterinarian, who issued the veterinary certificate. The sample is 
attached to the letter. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This letter 
introduces a temporary restriction on import s from Germany of the products mentioned 
in point 3, due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. 
9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? 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 10.4 
[ ] 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:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  Not 
known.   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
3 December 2014       
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. 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 4347 
Fax: +(7 495) 607 5111 E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Noti fication Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance 
Orlikov pereulok 1/11 
107139 Moscow Tel: +(7 499) 975 4347 
Fax: +(7 495) 607 5111 
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru