G/SPS/N/RUS/128  
 
2 August 2016  
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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:  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Animal feed and feed additives from the following 
HS Code(s): 0511, 100119, 100199, 100290, 100390, 100490, 100590, 120190, 1208, 1211, 121300, 1214, 1501, 1502, 1504, 150600, 151610, 151800, 2301, 2302, 
230400, 2306,  2309, 30, 350400 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Ukraine  
5. Title of the notified document: Letter by the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Supervision No. FS-RH-7/14167 as of 29 July 2016  Language(s): 
Russian  Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary 
Surveillance sets out temporary restrictions on the imports of unregistered feed produced by Ukrainian enterpises due to repeated detection of genetically modified 
components. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: Increase of 
genetically modified components detection in unregistered feed and feed additives 
imported from Ukraine with the GM contents not declared. 
9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[ ] Yes   [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the G/SPS/N/RUS/128 
 
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  international standard: The reason to introduce the measure is the detection of 
GM components detection unsafe for animal health in the feed and feed additives imported from Ukraine. 
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:      
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
1 August 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le 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  
1/11 Orlikov pereulok 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 Noti fication Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance 
1/11 Orlikov pereulok 107139 Moscow Tel: +(7 499) 975 43 47 
Fax: +(7 495) 607 51 11 
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru