G/SPS/N/RUS/151  
 
4 July 2018  
(18-4173) 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:  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): Seedlings of harwood species of the rose family (HS  Code(s): 0602, 
except for 0602 90 100 0)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Greece - nursery garden "Vitro Hellas SA. Niseli 
Alexandria Greece " 
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance as of 21 June 2018 No. FS -KS-3/14953 . 
Language(s):  Russian.  Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: This letter introduces temporary restrictions on import of 
seedlings of harwood species of the rose family (HS Code(s): 0602, except for 0602  90 
100 0) from Greek nursery garden  "Vitro Hellas SA. Niseli Alexandria Grece" due to 
detection of fire blight of horticultural crops (Erwinia amyl ovora (Burrill) Winslow et.al.).  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This measure is 
applied to avoid the introduction and dispersal of quarantine pests into the territory of the 
Russian Federation.  
9. 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) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Pro tection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : Point 1 
Article VII IPPC  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/RUS/151  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
22 June 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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. 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