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Notifying Member: Russian Federation

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: The Eurasian Economic Commission

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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): Plants, plant products and other goods subject to phytosanitary control

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

[X]    All trading partners  

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:  

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Title of the notified document: Draft of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council Decision on common rules and standards to ensure plant quarantine  Language(s): Russian  Number of pages: 19

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Description of content: This document introduces common rules and standards concerning the organization of quarantine phytosanitary examinations, the disinfection  of the regulated products and objects, basic approaches and requirements to phytosanitary certification system, methodological approaches to quarantine phytosanitary zones establishment in the territories of the EEU member States for the objects included in the common list of quarantine objects of the Eurasian Economic Union.

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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.  

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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)  

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[X]      International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) Article 4.2

[ ]        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:  

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Not known

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): In ten days after its official publication.

[X]    Trade facilitating measure  

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 13 December 2015

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 Eurasian Economic Commission

Department for sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures

2, Letnikovskaya Lane

105064 Moscow, Russian Federation

Tel: +(7 495) 669 24 00 (ext. 5178)

Fax: +(7 495) 669 24 15

E-mail:  odzhu@eecommission.org

             sinyakov@eecommission.org

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Text(s) available from: [ ] 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

2, Letnikovskaya Lane

105064 Moscow, Russian Federation

Tel: +(7 495) 669 24 00 (ext. 5178)

Fax: +(7 495) 669 24 15

E-mail:  odzhu@eecommission.org

             sinyakov@eecommission.org