1.

Notifying Member: Russian Federation

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: 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): HS Code(s): 0105, 0207, 0505, 1001190000, 1001990000, 1002900000, 1003900000, 1004900000, 1005900000, 1201900000, 1208, 1211, 1213000000, 1214, 2301, 2302, 2303, 230400000, 2306 (except of waste from HS Codes 2304 or 2305), 230800, 2309, 3507, 3923, 3926, 4415, 4416000000, 4421, 702000, 730900, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436210000, 8436290000, 8436809000, 8606918000, 860900, 871639800, 0407

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[ ]      All trading partners  

[X]    Specific regions or countries: Canada (Oxford county, Ontario)

5.

Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-EN-8/6139 Language(s): Russian  Number of pages: 1

http://www.fsvps.ru/fsvps/download/attachment/37165/%D0%A4%D0%A1-%D0%95%D0%9D-8_6139_%D0%BE%D1%82_15_04_15.pdf

6.

Description of content: The measure represents a temporary restriction on import of live poultry and hatching eggs, poultry meat and all kinds of poultry products, not heat treated (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for poultry (except feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis), used equipment for keeping, slaughter and butchering of birds, down and feather from Canada (Oxford county, Ontario) to the territory of the Russian Federation due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

7.

Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] 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 letter introduces a temporary restriction on imports from Oxford county, Ontario (Canada) of the products mentioned in point 3, due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

9.

Is there a relevant international standard? 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) Chapter 10.4

[ ]      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:  

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): 15 April 2015

[ ]      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 4347

Fax: +(7 495) 607 5111

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 4347

Fax: +(7 495) 607 5111

E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru