G/SPS/N/RUS/158  
 
5 February 2019  
(19-0630) 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:  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): Cattle; small cattle; wild, zoo and circus animals susceptible to 
bluetongue, camels and other members of the camel family - llamas, alpacas, vicunas; 
sperm of bulls, sheep and goat -producers; in vitro  large and small cattle embryos – 
HS Codes:  0102;  0104;  0106;  0511 99 853; 0511 99 852  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Baden -Württemberg, Rhineland -Palatinate and 
Saarland States of Germany  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS -KS-7/2288 as of 31 January 2019 . Language(s): 
Russian.  Number of pages: 2 
http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/laws/6337.html  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/RUS/19_0676_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This letter introduces a temporary restriction on imports of 
products mentioned in point 3 from three German States - Baden -Württemberg, 
Rhineland -Palatinate a nd Saarland, to the territory of the Russian Federation due to the 
registration of blutongue disease outbreaks.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This measure is 
applied to avoid imports of unsafe products to Russia.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the s tandard:  
[ ] 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 8.3  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/RUS/158  
 
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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 standa rd:  
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): 
31 January 2019  
[ ] 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 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 47  
Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11  
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru