G/SPS/N/RUS/155  
 
12 November 2018  
(18-7076) 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: The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance  
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): Live poultry,  hatching eggs, prepared poultry meat products and all 
kind of poultry -farming products, containing products of poultry processing  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Sweden  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance as of  17 September 2018 No. FS -KS-7/23004 . Language(s): 
Russian.  Number of pages: 1 
http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/laws/6031.html  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/RUS /18_5647_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: Due to improvement of low epizootic situation with avian 
influenza in Sweden, the Russian Federation abolishes provisional import restriction on 
live poultry , hatching eggs, prepared poultry meat products and a ll kind of poultry -
farming products, containing products of poultry processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other da mage 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 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:  G/SPS/N/RUS/155  
 
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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) : 18 September 2018  
[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 handle 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 Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. A ddress, 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