G/SPS/N/RUS/154  
 
2 August 2018  
(18-4920) Page: 1/2 
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):  
Life poultry and hatching egg from France, the Val d'Oise department only. 
(HS Code(s):  0105, 0106, 9508100000, 9705000000).  
Life poultry and hatching egg, poultry meat and poultry processed products not 
heat-treated (at least 70 °C), feeds and feed addit ives for poultry (with the exception of 
feed additives of vegetable origin, chemical and microbiological synthesis), used 
equipment and supplies for transportation, breeding, stock keeping, slaughtering and 
cutting of poultry from Belgium (HS Code(s): 0105 , 0106, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210, 0407, 
0408, 0410000000, 0510000000, 0504000000, 0505, 0507, 1501, 0511, 150300, 
1506000000, 151610, 151800, 160100, 1602, 160300, 190220, 190420, 2104, 2106, 
2309, 2301, 2309, 3101000000, 3502, 350400, 3507, 4206000000, 9508 100000 and 
9705000000).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: France (Val d'Oise department only) and Belgium  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary No. FS -KS-7/17569 as of 20 July 2018 . Language(s): Russian.  Number of 
pages: 2 
6. Description of content: This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of life 
poultry and poult ry products from France (Val d'Oise department only) mentioned in 
point 3 due to the outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza and from Belgium due to the 
outbreak of the Newcastle disease.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This measure is 
applied to avoid import of unsafe products to  Russia.  G/SPS/N/RUS/154  
 
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  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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal 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 
If no, describe, whenever p ossible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
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 July 2018 
[ ] 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 an d 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