Armenia

The drafts complement the veterinary requirements of the EAEU by introducing confirmation of the well-being of the territory in part of chronic wasting disease (CWD) when importing animals of the deer family (Cervidae). They also set up veterinary requirements and a veterinary certificate form for non-human primates as laboratory animals.

The purpose of the Draft is to ensure uniform application of the Procedures for conducting quarantine phytosanitary control (supervision) at the customs border and on the customs territory of the EAEU, established by the Customs Union Commission Decision of 18 June 2010 No. 318. It also technically amends paragraph 4.1.6 of the above-mentioned Procedure applicable at the customs border.

The Draft Decision amends Common Sanitary-Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for Products Subject to Sanitary-Epidemiological Supervision (Control) with a requirement for maximum residues level (MRL) for cadmium (Cd) in sunflower kernels not to exceed 0.20 mg/kg.It also updates the existing MRLs for cadmium regarding specific confectionery products as follows:– Sunflower halva: 0.11 mg/kg;– Sunflower gozinaki (confectionery made of sunflower seeds): 0.14 mg/kg.The Technical Regulation TR CU 021/2011 “On Food Safety” will be updated accordingly.

The draft amends the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Regulated Products and Pests at the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of the EAEU with requirements for certain types of regulated products, including for new items subject to phytosanitary requirements, with regard to the causal agent of potato brown rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.). It also establishes requirements for fresh or dried grapes to ensure the absence of Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana).

The draft decisions amend the common veterinary (sanitary and veterinary) requirements with provisions on conditions for the importation of the controlled goods into the territory of the EAEU and revise specific chapters of the requirements regarding live animals and contagious animal diseases. They also imply updating the relevant acts of the Commission as follows:Corrections of legal and technical nature;Addition of new terms and definitions used in the text;Harmonization of nosological names of animal diseases;Standardization of wording for certain provisions that are repeated multiple times in the text;Repeal of the “Final and Transitional Provisions” section of the Requirements. Additionally, the draft decisions amend the corresponding veterinary certificates accordingly.