Notifications for Armenia (41 notifications)

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.

The draft amends the common list of goods subject to veterinary control (surveillance) with respect to group 3501 of the Common Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The draft decisions require that honey bees (queen bees and bee packages), intended for importation into the territory of the EAEU and/or transport between the EAEU members, should come from areas free from tropylelapsosis. The draft decisions also provide for amendments to the corresponding veterinary certificate form accordingly.

The draft provides for a change in the effective date of the Rules to regulate the circulation of veterinary diagnostic tools on the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, approved by the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 140 of 23 September 2022 (hereinafter the Rules), as well as for technical and clarifying adjustment of the Rules.

The draft provides for amendments to the actions of the inspectors conducting veterinary inspections of third countries' establishments, it also authorizes competent authorities to exclude enterprises that have not supplied the goods (products) under control to the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union for 5 years from the Registry of Establishments authorised to export to the Eurasian Economic Union. The draft also specifies the conditions under which exports of the goods (products) under control from a third-country enterprise are subject to suspension. As well, the draft determines the procedure for the initiator of a joint verification (inspection) of third-country enterprises with respect to the suspension of exports from the enterprises that refuse to carry out verification (inspection) though being selected for it.

The draft provides for the approval of the Rules for regulation of the circulation of feed additives within the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter - the Union), which include:- common rules for the regulation of the circulation of feed additives;- a common procedure for the registration of feed additives, as well as other procedures related to registration;- a common assessment procedure with respect to the quality, safety and efficiency of feed additives, as well as criteria for their assessment;- common principles of information exchange while organizing and conducting state control (supervision) in the field of feed additives circulation;- common registration forms;- a common register of feed additives inscribed under unified Union rules;- a common information database on low-quality, unsafe feed additives, falsified and (or) counterfeit feed additives detected under state control (supervision) with respect to feed additives circulation;- a common database on animals’ adverse reactions to feed additives;- a common register of producers of feed additives, the production of which is recognized to comply with the Union’s unified requirements.

The draft provides for amendments to the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Quarantine Products and Quarantine Objects at the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of the EAEU in terms of establishment of quarantine phytosanitary requirements in relation to new host plant species of the pathogen of bacterial wilt of grapes (Pierce's disease, Xylella fastidiosa), requirements for cutting thuja (Thuja) and yew (Taxus) branches (plants), requirements for packaging material, used when transporting the regulated products within the customs territory of the Union, exemptions for potato seeds with regard to Tomato spotted wilt virus, as well as certain editorial amendments.

The draft introduces amendments in terms of allowing the Member states of the Eurasian Economic Union powers to agree and initial veterinary certificates in electronic form via e-mail, the amendments also allow the Member states to determine the date of entry of such certificates into force. The amendments cover the forms of veterinary certificates that differ from the Unified forms of veterinary certificates for goods subject to veterinary control (supervision) imported into the customs territory of the Union, approved by the Decision of the Commission of the Customs Union No. 607 of 7 April 2011.

The drafts define veterinary and sanitary requirements for albumin, albuminates and other derivatives of albumin, as well as for casein, caseinates and other derivatives of casein, casein glues.

The Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union "On Safety of Poultry Meat and Poultry Processed Products" establishes requirements to poultry meat and poultry processed products aimed at ensuring health and life protection and preventing consumer deception.

The draft defines a list of veterinary and sanitary measures applied to goods subject to veterinary control (supervision) when imported into the territory of the Republic of Armenia and the Kyrgyz.

The drafts update veterinary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union concerning the frequency of laboratory tests of non-food raw materials of animal origin intended for feeding fur-bearing animals without preliminary heat treatment. The drafts also approve a new chapter of veterinary requirements and the corresponding form of a veterinary certificate for gelatine, collagen, and adhesives of animal origin.

The draft provides for the possibility of simplifying the procedure for bringing the registration dossier of veterinary medicinal products in line with the requirements of the Rules for certain groups of veterinary medicinal products. The draft also contains technical amendments.

The draft regulation aims at using a phytosanitary risk assessment system when selecting control procedures for quarantine phytosanitary control, as well as at uniform decision-making in relation to batches of products subject to phytosanitary control if there is a discrepancy between the phytosanitary certificate and shipping documents and if quarantine organisms are detected.

The drafts update veterinary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union concerning testing for brucellosis of cows donating embryos, conditions of exportation of horses after sports events, as well as safety indicators for feed of plant origin.

The draft provides for ensuring a phased transition to the implementation of the requirements for the labeling of medicinal products for human use and veterinary medicinal products, approved by the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated 3 November 2016 No. 76, the Rules of Good Manufacturing Practice of the Eurasian Economic Union, approved by the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated 3 November 2016 No. 77 by establishing transitional periods for subjects of circulation of veterinary medicines.