G/TBT/N/RUS/91  
 
12 February 2019  
(19-0805) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: RUSSIAN FEDERATION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Eurasian Economic Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above:   
Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00  
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15  
E-mail: dept_ techregulation@eurasiancommission.org   
Website: www.eurasiancommission.org  
Russian Scientific and Technical Centre for Information on Standardization, Metrology and 
Conformity Assessment (Standartinform , National enquiry point for the TBT Agreement)  
Tel: +7(495) 531 -26-59  
Fax: +7(495) 531 -27-05  
E-mail: enpoint@gostinfo.ru   
Website: www.gostinfo.ru  
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food 
products; related to the requirements for food products processes of production 
(manufacturing), storage, transportation, sale and disposal  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Amendments No. 5 to the Customs Union Technical Regulation "On Safety of Food 
Products" (CU/TR  021/2011) (2 page(s), in Russian)   
6. Description of content:  
Draft Amendments No. 5 to the Customs Union Technical Regulation "On Safety of Food 
Products" (CU TR 021/2011) are elaborated in accordance with the Plan of development 
of technical reg ulations of the Eurasian Economic Union and amendments to the technical 
regulations of the Customs Union, approved by the decision of the Council of the Eurasian 
Economic Commission of 1 October 2014  N° 79 (as amended by the decision of the 
Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission of 12 February  2016 N° 43).  
Draft amendments No. 5 to the Customs Union Technical Regulation "On Safety of Food 
Products" (CU TR 021/2011) are formulated to bring it in accordance with the Treaty on 
the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May  2014 regarding the exclusion of state supervision 
(control) as a form of conformity assessment, and clarification of the definition of "process 
of production (manufacturing) of food products ". G/TBT/N/RUS/91  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Harmonization; Reducing trade 
barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Draft Amendments No. 5 to the Customs Union Technical Regulation "On Safety 
of Food Products" (CU TR 021/2011)  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0103428/pd_17012019  
• Customs Union Technical Regulation "On Sa fety of Food Products" 
(CU TR 021/2011)  
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/texnreg/deptexreg/tr/Pages/Pischev
ayaProd.aspx  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments: 10 April 2019  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation  
Tel: +7(495)669 -24-00 
Fax: +7(495)669 -24-15 
E-mail: dept_techregulation@eurasiancommission.org  
Website: www.eurasiancommission.org  
https://docs.eaeunion.org/pd/ru -ru/0103428/pd_17012019