G/SPS/N/RUS/61  
 
11 June 2014   
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMER GENCY 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 co vered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): HS Code:  070190 (food potatoes)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent re levant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners    
[X] Specific regions or countries: Ukraine  
5. Title of the notified document : Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS -AS-3/9746 as of 5 June 2014   Language (s): Russian  
Number of pages:  1 
http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/laws/3908.html  
6. Description of content: This letter introduces a temporary restriction due to violations 
of international and national phytosanit ary requirements at import of regulated goods 
from Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation. The measure is applied due to 
repeated detection of quarantine pests ( Globodera rostochiensis  (Woll) Behrens) in food 
potatoes, exported from Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection,  
[ ] protect humans fro m animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pest s.   
8. Nature of the ur gent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This measure is 
applied to avoid the introduction of quarantine pests to the territory of the Russian 
Federation.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard :  
[ ] Codex Aliment arius 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] Internation al Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM nu mber) Point 1(a) 
Article VII IPPC, ISPM No 20  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the re levant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard :   G/SPS/N/RUS/61  
 
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  10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Not known  
11. Date of entry into force  (dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
16 June 2014   
[ ] Trade facilit ating  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. Texts 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