G/SPS/N/RUS/276  
1 December 2023  
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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:  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):  Seeds and planting material  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Netherlands  
5. Title of the notified document:  Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) No. FS-YUSH -3/28288 of 22 November 2023 . 
Language(s):  Russian . Number of pages:  1 
https://fsvps.gov.ru/news/rosselhoznadzor -ogranichivaet -postavki -semennogo -i-
posadochnogo -materiala -iz-niderlandov/   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/RUS/23_13939_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Federa l Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary 
Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) introduced a temporary restriction on seeds and planting 
material from the Netherlands due to the detection of Acidovorax citrulli Schaad et al.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This measure is 
imposed in order to protect the territory of the Russian Federation from introduction and 
spread of quarantine concern pest . 
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 
Anima l Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
 Article VII, para. 1  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever poss ible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/RUS/276  
 
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  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):  
23 November 2023  
[ ] 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