Notifications for Russian Federation (282 notifications)

Västra Götaland County of Sweden has been included into the list of territories under the temporary restriction on import of live poultry, birds' eggs and poultry products, introduced by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance on 27 January 2021. The measure is applied due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Rosselkhoznadzor, on the basis of the detection of pepino mosaic virus in fresh tomatoes originated in Senegal and supplied from the Netherlands, imposed a temporary restriction on imports of tomatoes which are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate for re-export issued in the Netherlands.

The Rosselkhoznadzor introduced a temporary restriction on import of life poultry, poultry products and birds' eggs from Finland due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The draft provides for maximum residue levels of veterinary medicinal preparations (pharmacologically active substances) in unprocessed and processed food products of animal origin.

In Item 7, the objective and rationale of the notified measures should read as below: 7.         Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests. Prevention of HPAI spread as a measure to protect animal health.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) introduced a temporary restriction on import of live poultry, poultry products and birds' eggs from Bulgaria due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) introduced a temporary restriction on import of live swine, meat of swine and products containing pork from Hong Kong, China due to the registration of outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF).

On 8 February 2021, the Rosselkhoznadzor introduced a temporary restriction on import of live poultry, birds' eggs and poultry products from the Central Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The Rosselkhoznadzor introduced a temporary restriction on import of live poultry and birds eggs from India, the State of Kuwait and Senegal, due to the outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza in these countries.

The Rosselkhoznadzor introduced temporary restrictions on import of life poultry and birds' eggs from Romania, the South Bohemian region of the Czech Republic and the Calmar county of Sweden due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

This draft provides for the amendment of the existing requirements with the following:- provisions allowing the movement of quarantine products between the member States of the EAEU in hand luggage and passengers' luggage without a phytosanitary certificate;- provisions allowing to import into the customs territory of the EAEU and move through its territory fruits and berries infected with quarantine species of lecanium, scale insects, bacteria, viruses, viroids, nematodes and phytoplasmas;- requirements for carrot seeds, seeds, micro-plants and minitubers of potato, raw sugar beet seeds for sowing, seedlings, stocks and cuttings of cherry (Prunus mahaleb), peach (Prunus persica), sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and olive (Olea europaea), seedlings of fuchsia (Fuchsia), carnations (Dianthus), pumpkin crops, onion species (Allium spp.) and asparagus rhizomes;- clarification of the requirements for seed and planting material for a wide range of agricultural and forestry crops;- clarification of the requirements for fresh vegetables, fruits and berries; - special quarantine phytosanitary requirements for peat in relation to its production in areas free of the polyphagous humpbacked fly (Megaselia scalaris).

The Draft includes mushroom spawn to the List of quarantined products with a high phytosanitary risk.

This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of life poultry and poultry products from Lithuania due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The amendments notified by the Russian Federation in G/SPS/N/RUS/195 have been withdrawn.

This letter notes that, due to systematic detection of "Megaselia scalaris" in unmanufactured tobacco originated from Japan, imports of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse from Japan to the Russian Federation is temporally prohibited.

Rosselkhoznadzor, on the basis of systematic detection of "pepino mosaic virus" in fresh tomatoes originated from third countries and supplied from Belgium, imposed a temporary restriction on imports of tomatoes which are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate for re-export issued in Belgium.

The letters introduce a temporary restriction on import of life poultry and poultry products from Belgium, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Rosselkhoznadzor on the basis of phytosanitary risk analysis imposes new requirements for tomatoes and peppers (including their fruits, seedlings and seeds) imports to Russia and their transit through the Russian territory. The abovementioned products should be free from tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and pepino mosaic virus.

The Draft provides for the addition of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), pepino mosaic virus (PepMV), and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) to the Common list of plant quarantine objects of the Eurasian Economic Union,  and of relevant requirements to the Common quarantine phytosanitary requirements for quarantine products and quarantined objects on the Customs Border and the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The drafts determine veterinary requirements and forms of veterinary certificates for non-food raw materials obtained from fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic animals, as well as for fertilizers of animal origin or containing components of animal origin.