G/LIC/N/2/RUS/2  
 
4 December 2015  
 
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
 AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1-5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT1 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
The following notification, dated 27 November 2015,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Russian Federation.  
(a)  Title / number / date of the law or regulation establishing / changing the 
import licensing procedure:   
Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30 «About 
measures of non-tariff regulation» of 21.04.2015 (last amended on 01.09.2015)  
(b) If the notified measure refers to a change in an already notified import 
licensing procedure, please indica te the document symbol of the 
notification to which change(s) has(ve) been introduced. (In this case 
please also indicate in Section 3, below, the nature of the changes (i.e. inclusion or exclusion of some goods and a list thereof; contact point for information and/or 
administrative body(ies) for submission of applications, etc.)):    
G/LIC/N/1/RUS/2  and G/LIC/N/2/RUS/1  
2. Information concerning the institution / change of import licensing procedure: 
(a) List of products subject to the licensing procedure  ( E x a c t  n a m e  o f  t h e  
products and/or whenever possible HS code and indication of the exact HS 
Nomenclature (i.e.  1996; 2002 or 2007).  Ab breviations should be avoided.  In 
the case of a long list of products, please attach the list as an Annex in Microsoft 
Word or compatible software.  Please  do not use PDF, or photocopies.)   
List of products subject to the licensing procedure (allowing order of import to the 
customs territory of the Eurasian economic union and (or) export from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic union of goods) is represented in the 
Annex № 2. They are: 
2.3. “Hazardous waste”; 2.7. “The types of wild fauna and flora falling under action of the Convention on 
international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora of 3 March 1973 
(CITES)”; 
2.12. “Narcotic drugs, substances with psychotic effects and their precursors”; 
2.19. “Encryption devices”; 
2.21. “Human organs and tissues, blood and its components, samples of 
biological materials of the person”. 
The allowing order is realized by means of licensing and (or) application of other 
administrative measures of regulation of the foreign trade activity established 
according to: 
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   The provision on import to the customs territory of the Eurasian economic 
union and export from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic union of 
human organs and tissues, blood and its components, samples of biological 
materials of the person according to the Annex № 3; 
 The provision on import to the customs territory of the Eurasian economic 
union and export from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic union of 
hazardous wastes according to the Annex № 7; 
 The provision on import to the customs territory of the Eurasian economic 
union and export from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic union of encryption devices according to the Annex № 9; 
 The provision on import to the customs territory of the Eurasian economic 
union and export from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic union of Narcotic drugs, substances with psychotic effects and their precursors according 
to the Annex № 10. 
 (b) Contact point for information on eligibility   
Eurasian Economic Commission 
Address:  Office of the Eurasian Economic Commission 2 Letnikovskaya St., bld.1/2, Moscow 115114 
 
Registered and postal address of the Eurasian Economic Commission 3/5 Smolensky Boulevard, bld. 1, Moscow 119121 
Telephone: 8 (495) 669-24-00, ext. 41-33 
Fax:  8 (495) 669-24-15 E-mail address:  info@eecommission.org   
Website:  http://www.eurasiancommission.org/   
 Contact officer:  [   ] Mr. [   ] Mrs. Name:  NA   
 (c) Administrative body(ies) fo r submission of applications  (If more than one 
please include the same information for each body.)  
Trade of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation 
Address:  Kitaygorodskiy proezd 7, Moscow, Russian Federation 109074 
Telephone:  8 (495) 539-21-87 
Fax:  8 (495) 539-21-72 E-mail address:  pr@mte.gov.ru 
Website:  www.minpromtorg.gov.ru 
Contact officer:  [   ] Mr. [   ] Mrs. Name:  NA  
 Depending on the product the application must be approved by the following 
Government bodies: 
 Hazardous waste -The Federal Service fo r Supervision of Natural Resources; 
 Narcotic drugs, substances with psychotic effects and their precursors - 
 
 The Federal Drug Control Service of th e Russian Federation or by the Federal 
Service on Surveillance in Healthcare;  
 Human organs and tissues, blood and its components, samples of biological 
materials of the person - The Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare;  
 Encryption devices - The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation 
(FSB); 
(d) Date and name of publication wher e licensing procedures are published  
All documents are confirmed in the Notification G/LIC/N/1/RUS/2 and in the  
Notification G/LIC/N/2/RUS/1, G/LIC/N/1/RUS/4, G/LIC/N/1/RUS/6  
 
 Regulations "On the order of suspension or termination of the licence"  G/LIC/N/2/RUS/2 
 
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  (CU Commission Decision № 488 of 08.12.2010); 
http://www.eurasiancommission.o rg/ru/Lists/EECDocs/P_488.pdf    
Published at Official Website of Eurasian Economic Commission: 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/   
 
Date of publication: 15.12.2010, Effective date of requirement: 15.01.2011; 
 
 Federal Law № 164-FZ of 08.12.2003 "On the Fundamentals of the State 
Regulation of Foreign Trade Activity" (as last amended on 13.07.2015); 
http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102084509&intelsearch=164%F4
%E7+%EE%F2++08.12.2003 +  
Published in the  "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspaper of the Government of the 
Russian Federation http://www.rg.ru/     
Date of publication: 18.12.2003, Effective date of requirement: 18.05.2004; 
 
 Federal Law № 52-FZ of 24.04.1995 "On Wildlife"(as last amended on 
13.07.2015);  
http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=&a3type=1&a3va
lue=&a6=&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a 15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7fro
m=&a7to=&a7date=24.04.1995&a8=52-
%D4%C7&a8type=2&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1
&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=72&y=11   
Published in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspaper of the Government of the 
Russian Federation http://www.rg.ru/      
Date of publication: 12.01.2002, Effective date of requirement: 12.01.2002; 
 
 Federal Law № 3-FZ of 08.01.1998 "On Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic 
substances"(as last amended on 03.02.2015) ;  
http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102050997&intelsearch=3-
%F4%E7+%EE%F2+08.01.1998 +   
Published in the  "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspape r of the Government of the 
Russian Federation http://www.rg.ru/     
Date of publication: 15.01.1998, Effective date of requirement: 15.01.1998; 
 
 RF Government Resolution № 364 of 09.06.2005 (as amended on 05.08.2014) 
"On approval of the licensing in foreign trade and on the formation and 
maintenance of the Federal Bank of licences"; 
http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102098099&intelsearch=%B9+36
4+%EE%F2+09.06.2005 +   
Published in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspaper of the Government of the 
Russian Federation http://www.rg.ru/     
Date of publication: 15.06.2005, Effective date of requirement: 15.07.2005; 
 
 RF Government Resolution № 1567-p of 23.09.2010 (as amended on 18.03.2014) 
"On approving the list of federal executive bodies authorized for approval of applications for licenses to export and (or ) import of goods and execution of 
other permits in foreign trade in the cases provided for applications on the 
application of restrictions on goods subject to bans or restrictions on the importation or exportation of states – Member States of the Customs Union within 
the EurAsEC in trade with third countries"; http://www.rg.ru/2010/10/01/licenz-
dok.html    
Published in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspaper of the Government of the 
Russian Federation http://www.rg.ru/     
Date of publication: 01.10.2010, Effective date of requirement: 09.01.2011; 
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   RF Government Resolution № 337 of 04.05.2008 (as amended on 28.01.2012) 
"On measures to ensure fulfilment of the obligations of the Russian Federation 
under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna 
and Flora, CITES, on 3 March 1973, in respect of species of wild fauna and flora, endangered, except sturgeon"; http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102121614&intelsearch=%B9+33
7+o%F2+04.05.2008 +  
Published in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspaper of the Government of the 
Russian Federation  http://www.rg.ru/     
Date of publication: 11.05.2008, Effective date of requirement: 11.06.2008; 
 
 RF Government Resolution № 681 of 30.06.1998 "On list of narcotic drugs, 
substances with psychotropic effects and their precursors" (as last amended on 
02.07.2015) 
http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102053928&intelsearch=%B9+68
1+%EE%F2+30.06.1998 +   
Published in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspaper of the Government of the 
Russian Federation http://www.rg.ru/    
Date of publication: 17.07.1998, Effective date of requirement: 17.08.1998; 
 
 Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation № 135 of 
17.02.2012 "On approval of the Administra tive Regulations of the Ministry of 
Industry and Trade of the Russian Federa tion to provide a public service by 
issuing licenses and other permits for export and (or) import of certain types of goods, as well as the formation and maintenance of the federal bank of licences"(as last amended on 30.07.2015). 
http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102157648&intelsearch=%B9+13
5+%EE%F2+17.02.2012 +   
Published in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - newspaper of the Government of the 
Russian Federation http://www.rg.ru/       
Date of publication: 06.11.2012, Effective date of requirement: 06.11.2012; 
 
 Order of the Ministry of Natural Resource an Environment of the Russian 
Federation № 179 of 29.06.2012 (as last amended on 16.01.2015) "On approval 
of the Administrative Regulations of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources to provide a public service to issue permits for trans-boundary 
movement of wastes"; http://rpn.gov.ru/node/743    
Published at the website of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural 
Resources http://rpn.gov.ru/      
Date of publication: 05.07.2012, Effective date of requirement: 05.07.2012; 
 
 Order of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation № 470 of 
02.11.2011 "On approving the administrative regulation of the Federal Service of 
the Russian Federation under the control of drug trafficking for public service permitting the Federal Drug Control Service to provide a public service issuing permission for export and import of drugs, psychotropic substances or their 
precursors" (as last amended on 01.07.2013). 
http://www.fskn.gov.ru/pages/main/prevent/3938/8693/index.shtml# Приказ   
Published at the website of the Federal Drug Control Service 
http://www.fskn.gov.ru      
Date of publication: 09.11.2011, Effective date of requirement: 09.12.2011; 
 
 Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation № 1471n of 
05.12.2011 "On approval of the Administrati ve Regulations of the Federal Service 
on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development to provide a public service by agreement of licensing for export and (or) import of bodies and (or) human G/LIC/N/2/RUS/2 
 
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  tissues, blood and its components". 
http://www.roszdravnadzor.ru/i/upload /files/1338884399. 57231-14586.docx   
Published at the website of the Ministry  of Health of the Russian Federation 
http://www.rosminzdrav.ru    
Date of publication: 05.01.2012, Effective date of requirement: 05.01.2012; 
 
(e) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is   
[   ] automatic.   If so please indicate:  
 
(f)  the administrative purpose: [  ]  
[X] non-automatic.   If so please indicate:  Application forms are available 
on the special website " Support for foreign trade participants " 
(http://www.non-tariff.gov.ru ). 
An importer is required to submit the following documents with the application: 
-  digital copy of application form; -  copy of a contract; 
-  copy of document on registration on tax authority or the copy of the 
document on state registration; 
-  permit from the corresponding Government bodies mentioned in 
paragraph (c) above or data on existence of the license for 
implementation of the licensed type of activity. 
(g)  the measure being implemented through the import licensing procedure:   
In regard to the licensing procedure for hazardous waste, the licensing system 
ensures that Russian Federation’s commitments as a party to the Basel Convention are upheld. To that effect , trans-boundary movements of hazardous 
wastes and other wastes is to be reduced to the minimum consistent with the 
environmentally sound and efficient management of such wastes and to be 
conducted in such a manner which will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such movement. The licensing 
system is not intended to restrict the quantity or value of imports. 
 In regard to the licensing procedure for wild live animals and certain wild growing 
plants, the Resolution № 337 seeks to implement the Russian Federation’s 
obligations under CITES, by regulating international trade in wildlife and wildlife products, to contribute to the protection and conservation of species that are endangered, or could become endangered.  
 
In regard to the licensing procedure for narcotic drugs, substances with psychotic effects and their precursors, the use of import licences enables the Government 
to restrict and monitor the quantities of controlled substances imported. This is 
intended to prevent the over-supply and diversion of controlled substances and is one strategy adopted to address drug misuse. The system is based on the 
requirements of the international treaties The system is not intended to restrict 
the quantity or volume of imports. 
 
In regard to the licensing procedure for human organs and tissues, blood and its 
components, the use of import licences enables the Government to restrict and 
monitor the quantities of controlled substances imported. The system is not intended to restrict the quantity or volume of imports. 
 
In regard to the licensing procedure for encryption devices the use of import licences enables the Government to restrict and monitor the quantities of 
controlled means imported. The system is not intended to restrict the quantity or 
volume of imports. G/LIC/N/2/RUS/2 
 
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   (h) Expected duration of the licensing proc edure if this can be estimated with 
some probability, and if not, reason  why this information cannot be 
provided 
 Hazardous waste 
The maximum processing time for permit is 30 days.  
The maximum processing time for licence is 15 days. 
 
 Wild live animals and certain wild growing plants 
Application should be made well in advance of arrival of the goods to allow time 
for the application to be assessed against the legislation and the relevant import 
policy. For commodities that require an import permit, permits cannot be issued 
retrospectively. However, not all goods require an import permit and clearance to 
import can be given at the point of entry provided the import conditions have 
been met. However, CITES permits w ill not be issued retrospectively 
 
 Narcotic drugs, substances with psychotic effects and their precursors 
The maximum processing time for permit is 20 days.  
The maximum processing time for licence is 15 days. 
 
 Human organs and tissues, blood and its components 
The maximum processing time for permit is 5 days. 
The maximum processing time for licence  is 15 days. 
 
 Encryption devices 
The maximum processing time for permit and licence  is 90 days. 
 
3. Other relevant data or information:  (i.e. complete title and data concerning the 
legislation, inclusion or exclusion of certain products from the import licensing regime 
and list thereof; changes related to the administrative body(ies) for submission of 
applications, etc.) 
According to the Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30 on 
21.04.2015 (last amended on 16.06.2015) the De cision of the Board of the Eurasian 
Economic Commission No. 82 on 03.06.2014 (G/LIC/N/2/RUS/1 on 04.08.2014) that expand the Common List of Goods approved by the Decision of the Board of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission No. 134 of 16.08.2012 became invalid. 
Also paragraphs 2.3, 2.7, 2.12, 2.19, 2.21 of  the Decision of the Board of the Eurasian 
Economic Commission No. 134 of  16.08.2012 became invalid. 
These changes are available from the follow ing Official Internet link in Russian: 
http://www.eurasiancommission.o rg/ru/docs/Page s/default.aspx  
(the Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30  
on 21.04.2015 (last amended on 01.09.2015) 
  
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1 "Members which institute licensing procedures or changes in these procedures shall notify the 
Committee of such within 60 days of publication [...]" (Art. 5.1).