G/SPS/N/KGZ/12  
 
18 March 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The Eurasian Economic Commission  
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):  Goods (products) subject to phytosanitary control  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partne rs  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Eurasian Economic Commission Council Draft Decision 
on amendments to the Customs Union Commission Decision dated 18 June 2010 No. 318 
(hereandafter Decision No. 318) . Language(s):  Russian . Number of pages:  7 
https://docs.eaeunion.org/ria/ru -ru/0103937/ria_05032020  
6. Description of content:  The Draft provides for the addition of the Decision No. 318 with 
provisions allowing des ignated officials of the authorized plant quarantine bodies of the 
Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union to recognize the phytosanitary certificate 
as not confirming the necessary phytosanitary condition of the imported consignment of 
quarantined pr oducts.  
The Draft provides for a decision by the authorized body on the return of wood 
packaging  materials in the case of absence of a special internationally recognized mark 
confirming  that heating is applied throughout the wood or fumigation or in the ca se of 
non-compliance with the quarantine phytosanitary requirements specified to them.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
International standards for phytosanitary measures No. 7, No. 12, No.15 and 
No. 23. 
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  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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 May 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures  
2 Letnikovskaya St., bld.1/2  
115114 Moscow, Russian Federation  
Tel: +(7495) 669 2400 (ext. 5197)  
Fax: +(7495) 669 2415  
E-mail: info@eecommission.org   
dept_sps@eecommission.org   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures  
2 Letnikovskaya St., bld.1/2  
115114 Moscow, Russian Federation  
Tel: +(7495) 669 2400 (ext. 5197)  
Fax: +(7495) 669 2415  
E-mail: info@eecommission.org   
dept_sps@eecommission.org