G/SG/N/6/KGZ/5, G/SG/N/8/KGZ/3  
G/SG/N/10/KGZ/3, G/SG/N/11/KGZ/1  
 
7 January 2016  
(16-0138)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE 
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF 
AN INVESTIGATION AND THE REASONS FOR IT 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SAFEGUARDS ON FINDING A SERIOUS INJURY 
OR THREAT THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
(Harvesters and modules thereof) 
The following communication, dated 23 December 2015,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic. 
 
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Hereby the Kyrgyz Republic notifies the Committ ee on Safeguards that in accordance with the 
Treaty of Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Eurasian Economic Union, signed on 
23 December 2014 and took effect starting from 12 August 2015  (hereinafter – Accession Treaty), 
the application of safeguard measures by the Eura s ian Ec ono mic  Un ion wi l l b e  e xte nde d  to the 
Kyrgyz Republic. 
 
Pursuant to the Accession Treaty, the Board of th e Eurasian Economic Commission took a decision 
to amend the measures currently applied by the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to reflect this develo pment. The decision of the Eurasian Economic 
Commission N 69 dated 30 June 2015 was published on the official website of the Eurasian 
Economic Commission on 1 July 2015.
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The public notice regarding the safeguard measure on harvesters and modules thereof at the time 
of its introduction in the Customs Union of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation was published on the official website of the Eurasian Economic Commission 
on 16 October 2013 and is available at: 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/trade/ podm/notice/Lists/List /Attachments/43/notice_d
etermination_harvesters.pdf  
 
The relevant report of the Department for Internal Market Defense of the Eurasian Economic 
Commission can be downloaded from: http://eec.eaeunion.org/ru/act/trade/podm/quick_access/Documents/report_final_harvesters.pdf  
                                               
1 Available at: https://docs.eaeunion.org/en-us/Pages/DisplayDocument.aspx?s=e1f13d1d-5914-465c-
835f-2aa3762eddda&w=9260b414-defe-45cc-88a 3-eb5c73238076&l=8a412e96-924f-4b3c-8321-
0d5e767e5f91&EntityID=8004 . G/SG/N/6/KGZ/5 • G/SG/N/8/KGZ/3 • G/SG/N/10/KGZ/3 • G/SG/N/11/KGZ/1 
 
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  The Kyrgyz Republic and the Eurasian Economic Commission are prepared to hold consultations 
with Members having a substantial interest as exporters of the product concerned.  A. NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12. 1(C) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
1. Provide evidence, citing relevant data an d the applicable period of investigation of 
serious injury or threat thereo f caused by increased imports. 
 
Please see WTO documents previously notified by the Russian Federation G/SG/N/8/RUS/1, 
G/SG/N/8/RUS/1/Corr.1. More detailed inform ation in this regard can be found in the 
abovementioned report of the Department for Internal Market Defence.  
2. Provide information on whether there is  an absolute increase in imports or an 
increase in imports relative  to domestic production. 
 
Please see WTO documents previously notified by the Russian Federation G/SG/N/8/RUS/1, 
G/SG/N/8/RUS/1/Corr.1. More detailed inform ation in this regard can be found in the 
abovementioned report of the Department for Internal Market Defence. 
 
3. Provide precise description of the product involved. Provide the Harmonized System numbers under which the product enters at least at a 6-digit HS level, and at a 
sub-national level (e.g. 8-digit HS, 9-digit HS  or 10-digit HS) if practicable. (The HS 
codes will be provided for reference purposes only.)  
 Combine harvesters and modules thereof, consisting  at least of threshing and separating device, 
equipped or not equipped with the threshing dr um, cleaning systems and engine mounted on 
the support base or the frame and chassis, which envisages the installation of bridges, wheels or 
tracks classified under the following codes of the Common Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign 
Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic  Union: 8433 51 000 1, 8433 51 000 9, 8433 90 000 0. 
The above codes are provided for reference purposes only. More detailed information in this regard can be found in the abovementioned report of the Department for Internal Market Defence. 
 
4. If the final measure replaces a provis ional measure, or if a final measure is 
extended, a Member is encouraged to provid e a written description of any part of the 
imported product that will no longer be subject to the measure and the Harmonized 
System numbers under which it enters at leas t at a 6-digit level, and at a sub-national 
level (e.g., 8-digit, 9-digit or 10-digit level) if practicable. 
 
Not applicable. 
 5. Provide precise description of the proposed measure.  
The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission t ook a decision to apply a safeguard measure in 
the form of an import quota for Kyrgyz Republic in amounts as specified in the following table. 
 
Period of application Date of the Accession of the  
Kyrgyz Republic –  
31 December 2015 1 January 2016 – 
 
21 August 2016 
Including the Kyrgyz Republic, 
units see Decision of the Board of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission N 69 
dated 30 June 20152 20 
 
6.  Provide proposed date of introduction of the measure.  
The measure shall become effective for the Kyrgyz Re public on the date of entry into force of the 
Accession Treaty.  
                                               
2 Available at: https://docs.eaeunion.org/en-us/Pages/DisplayDocument.aspx?s=e1f13d1d-5914-465c-
835f-2aa3762eddda&w=9260b414-defe-45cc-88a 3-eb5c73238076&l=8a412e96-924f-4b3c-8321-
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  7. Provide expected duration of the measure. 
 The measure is expected to be applied until 21 August 2016.  
8. For a measure with a duration of more than three years, provide the proposed date 
for the review (under Article 7.4) to be held  not later than the mid-term of the measure, 
if such a date for the review has already been scheduled. 
 
Not applicable.  9. If the expected duration is over one year, provide expected timetable for 
progressive liberalization of the measure. 
 The measure is to be liberalized as follows. 
 
Period of application Date of the Accession of the 
Kyrgyz Republic –  
31 December 2015 1 January 2016 –  
21 August 2016 
Including the Kyrgyz Republic, units see Decision of the Board of the 
Eurasian Economic Commission 
N 69 dated 30 June 20153 20 
 
10. If the notification relates only to a find ing of serious injury or threat thereof, and 
does not relate to a decision to apply or extend a safeguard measure: 
 (i) provide the deadlines for interested pa rties to comment or any other procedures 
relevant to the decision to apply the measures, and 
 (ii) provide information regarding proced ures for prior consultation with those 
Members having a substantial interest as  exporters of the product concerned. 
 Not applicable.  
11. If the measure is being extended, also provide: 
 (i) evidence that the industry concerned is  adjusting and that the safeguard measure 
continues to be necessary to pr event or remedy serious injury; 
 (ii) reference to the WTO document that noti fied the initial application of the measure; 
 
(iii) duration of the measure from initial application till the date at which it will be 
extended; and,  
(iv) precise description of the measure in pl ace prior to the date of extension (in this 
context, please note that th e last sentence of Article 7.4 states that: "A measure 
extended under paragraph 2 shall not be more  restrictive than it was at the end of 
the initial period, and should continue to be liberalized.") 
 Not applicable. 
 
12. If the notification relates to a decision to apply or extend a safeguard measure, Members are encouraged to provide the following information:  
(i) The major exporting Members of imports of the product involved. 
 
                                               
3 Available at: https://docs.eaeunion.org/en-us/Pages/DisplayDocument.aspx?s=e1f13d1d-5914-465c-
835f-2aa3762eddda&w=9260b414-defe-45cc-88a 3-eb5c73238076&l=8a412e96-924f-4b3c-8321-
0d5e767e5f91&EntityID=8004 . G/SG/N/6/KGZ/5 • G/SG/N/8/KGZ/3 • G/SG/N/10/KGZ/3 • G/SG/N/11/KGZ/1 
 
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  (ii) If there are any exporting Members to which the measure does not apply for any 
reason other than the application of Ar ticle 9.1, the names of such exporting 
Members and reasons for non-application of the measure. 
 
The major exporting Members of the product to the Kyrgyz Republic are China, Republic of Korea, 
Poland and Germany.   
B. NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
SAFEGUARDS  
1. Specify the measure. 
 
The measure is specified in the Notification subm itted under Article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on 
Safeguards.  
2. Specify the product subject to the measure. 
 The product subject to the measure is specified in  the Notification submitted under Article 12.1(c) 
of the Agreement on Safeguards. 
 3. Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under 
Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these countries 
individually and collectively. 
 The measure shall not be applied to products originating in the developing countries – users of the 
Eurasian Economic Union Tariff Preferences System except for China. 
 4. Subsequently, if there is a change in the list of developing countries exempted 
from the safeguard measure pursuant  to Article 9.1, please notify: 
 (i) the reference to the WTO document that  notified the Members about the initial 
action under footnote 2 to Article 9.1; 
 
(ii) if applicable, names of the countries wh ich are dropped from the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure do es not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, 
the list of the countries remaining on the list, the individual and collective import 
shares of the developing countries remainin g on the list, and the date on which the 
safeguard measure applies to the countries dropped from the list; 
 
(iii) if applicable, names of the countries which are added to the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure do es not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, 
the list of all the countries on the list, the individual and collective import shares of 
the developing countries on the list, and the date from which the safeguard 
measure does not apply to the countries which are added to the list. 
 
Not applicable. 
 The address of the competent authority for correspondence is: 
 
Eurasian Economic Commission Department for Internal Market Defen сe 
3/5, Smolensky boulevard 
Moscow, Russia, 119121 
Tel. +7 (495) 6692400 ext. 1316, 1272, 1291 Fax +7 (495) 6692400 ext. 1109 
E-mail: tradedefence@eecommission.org  
 
 
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