G/SPS/N/RUS/94  
 
29 April 2015  
(15-2320)  Page: 1/2  
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:  Federal Service for 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): HS Code(s): 0105, 0207, 0505, 1001190000, 
1001990000, 1002900000, 1003900000, 1004900000, 1005900000, 1201900000, 1208, 1211, 1213000000, 1214, 2301, 2302, 2303, 230400000, 2306 (except of waste 
from HS Codes 2304 or 2305), 230800, 2309, 3507, 3923, 3926, 4415, 4416000000, 
4421, 702000, 730900, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436210000, 8436290000, 8436809000, 8606918000, 860900, 871639800, 0407 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Canada (Oxford county, Ontario)  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-EN-8/6139  Language(s): Russian  Number of 
pages: 1 
http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/download/ attachment/37165/%D0%A4%D0%A1-
%D0%95%D0%9D-8_6139_%D0%BE%D1%82_15_04_15.pdf  
6. Description of content: The measure represents a temporary restriction on import of 
live poultry and hatching eggs, poultry meat and all kinds of poultry products, not heat 
treated (at least 70 °C), feed and feed addi tives for poultry (except feed additives of 
chemical and microbiological synthesis), used equipment for keeping, slaughter and butchering of birds, down and feather from Canada (Oxford county, Ontario) to the territory of the Russian Federation due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian 
influenza. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This letter 
introduces a temporary restriction on import s from Oxford county, Ontario (Canada) of 
the products mentioned in point 3, due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian 
influenza. G/SPS/N/RUS/94 
 
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  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): 
15 April 2015 
[ ] 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