G/SPS/N/RUS/43  
 
14 January 2014  
(14-0143)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation 
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): Common list of goods subject to veterinary control, 
adopted by the Customs Union (CU) Commission Decision on application of veterinary and sanitary measures in the CU as of 18 June 2010 No. 317 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Draft of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council 
Decision on amendments to the Regulation on the Common procedure for carrying out 
veterinary control at the customs border of the Customs Union and on the customs 
territory of the Customs Union  Language(s): Russian  Number of pages: 3 
http://www.eurasiancommission .org/ru/act/texnreg/depsanmer/publ/Documents/Izmvet
kontr3112.pdf 
6. Description of content: The document introduces amendments to the CU legislation 
specifically to the Regulation on the Common procedure for carrying out veterinary 
control at the customs border of the Custom s Union and on the customs territory of the 
Customs Union. The mentioned Regulation is adjusted with the following: 
 definition of the term "competent authority"; 
 requirements for issuing of certificates;  
 control conditions over the goods (products), imported on the basis of veterinary 
certificates, which differ from forms of veterinary certificates, established by the 
Eurasian Economic Commission; 
 conditions for issuance of replacement certificates. Veterinary certificate, early 
issued by the competent authority of the exporting country, can be replaced by the 
new veterinary certificate in case if its loss or damage (technical mistake or partial 
change in previously provided information, if such amendments are allowed). Note: clarifications on these criteria are made in the text of the draft document. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/RUS/43 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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)    
[ ] 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 possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: Not 
known   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : June 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : July 2014 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 March 2014 
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 Eurasian Economic Commission 
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures 
12, Yakovoapostolskiy Lane 
105064 Moscow, Russian Federation Tel: +(7 495) 669 24 00 (ext. 5178)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 24 15 
E-mail: kulagina@eecommission.org  
 dept_sanitary@eecommission.org  
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The Eurasian Economic Commission  
Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures 
12, Yakovoapostolskiy Lane 105064 Moscow, Russian Federation 
Tel: +(7 495) 669 24 00 (ext. 5178)  
Fax: +(7 495) 669 24 15 E-mail: kulagina@eecommission.org  
 dept_sanitary@eecommission.org