G/SPS/N/RUS/144  
 
30 October 2017  
(17-5859) 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): Poultry, poultry products and eggs  
4. Regions or countries likely to  be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance of 20 October 2017 No. FS -KS-22641 . Language(s): Russian.  
Number of pages: 2 
http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/download/attachment/110565/22641.pd f 
6. Description of content: Letter eliminates temporary restrictions on:  
 poultry and hatching eggs from the entire territories of the Czech Republic and the 
United Kingdom;  
 hatching eggs and live poultry, poultry meat heat -treated poultry products from the 
entire territory of Bulgaria;  
 hatching eggs and live poultry from the departments Dordogne, Haute -Vienne, 
Aveyron, Haute -Garonne (France);  
 - poultry meat, heat -treated poultry products and other poultry products from the 
entire territory of France (exc ept departments of Lot and Garonne, Gers, Landes, 
Pyrénées -Atlantiques, Hautes -Pyrénées and Nord).  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage 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 A nimal 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 G/SPS/N/RUS/144  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Proposed date  of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 23 October 2017  
[ ] 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 43 47  
Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11  
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 43 4 7 
Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru