G/SG/N/8/RUS/1/Suppl.4  
G/SG/N/10/RUS/1/Suppl.3  
G/SG/N/11/RUS/1/Suppl.5  
 
24 October 2013  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY 
OR THREAT THEREOF CAUSED 
BY INCREASED IMPORTS 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SAFEGUARDS ON TAKING A DECISION 
TO APPLY A SAFEGUARD MEASURE 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
Supplement 
(Harvesters and modules thereof) 
The following submission, dated 22 October 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Russian Federation.  
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With reference to the WTO documents G/SG/N/8/RUS/1/Suppl.1-G/SG/N/10/RUS/1-
G/SG/N/11/RUS/1/Suppl.2, G/SG/N/8/RUS /1/Suppl.2-G/SG/N/10/RUS/1/Suppl.1-
G/SG/N/11/RUS/1/Suppl.3 and G/SG/N/8/RUS/1/Suppl.3-G/SG/N/10/RUS/1/Suppl.2-
G/SG/N/11/RUS/1/Suppl.4 hereby the Russian Fede ration notifies the Committee on Safeguards 
that on 15 October 2013 the Board of the Eurasi an Economic Commission took Decision No. 223 
which modifies the decision to apply the safeguard measure it had previously taken.  
As provided for in the Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission of 
15 October 2013 No. 223 the safeguard measure shall have the form of an import quota.   
The measure shall become effective on 1 January 2014 and be applied until 21 August 2016.  
 The measure shall not be applied to the product originating in the developing countries – users of 
the Customs Union Tariff Preferences System except for China. Shares of imports from these 
countries except for China individually do not exceed 3 per cent and collectively do not account for more than 9 per cent.   
The import quota for the year of 2014 shall have an amount of 774 units for the Customs Union of 
the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, including 424 units for the Russian Federation, which is the level necessary to remedy serious injury caused 
to the Customs Union industry by the increased imports and to facilitate adjustment.  
 The measure is to be liberalized as follows. 
 G/SG/N/8/RUS/1/Suppl.4 • G/SG/N/10/RUS/1/Suppl.3 • G/SG/N/11/RUS/1/Suppl.5 
 
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  Period of application 1 January 2014 –  
31 December 2014 1 January 2015 –  
31 December 2015 1 January 2016 –  
21 August 2016 
Total import quota, units 774 798 526 
Including the Russian Federation, units 424 437 288 
 
The decision of the Board of the Eurasian Ec onomic Commission of 15 October 2013 No. 223 was 
published on the official website of the Eurasian  Economic Commission on 16 October 2013 and is 
available at 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/_layouts/Lani t.EEC.Desicions/Download.aspx?IsDlg=0&print=
1&ID=4800 . 
 
The public notice regarding the safeguard measur e was published on the official website of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission on 16 October 2013 and is available at 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/trade/ podm/notice/Lists/List /Attachments/43/notice_d
etermination_harvesters.pdf   
 
The relevant report of the Department for Inte rnal Market Defense can be downloaded from 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/trade/ podm/eec_investi gations/Documents/report_fin
al_harvesters.pdf .  
 
The Russian Federation hereby notifies the Committ ee on Safeguards that it is prepared to hold 
consultations with Members having a substantial interest as exporters of the product concerned as provided for in Article 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards. 
 
The address of the competent authority for correspondence is: Eurasian Economic Commission Department for Internal Market Defen сe 
3/5, Smolensky boulevard 
Moscow, Russia, 119121 Tel. +7 (495) 6692400 ext. 1316, 1272, 1291 
Fax +7 (495) 6692400 ext. 1109 
E-mail: tradedefence@eecommission.org  
 
 
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