Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Russian Federation - Potato brown rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al.)

NOTIFICATION

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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):

1._    Plants: olive (Olea europaea) seedlings, white mulberry (Morus alba) seedlings, strawberry (Fragaria spp.) seedlings, blueberry and bilberry (Vaccinium spp.) seedlings, bougainvillea (Bougainvillea sp.) plants, roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) plants, hibiscus (Hibiscus sp.) plants, chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum) plants; plants of banana (Musa), plants of ensete (Ensete ventricosum), plants of fig (Ficus carica), plants of clove (Syzygium aromaticum), plants of guava (Psidium guajava), Java apple (Syzygium samarangense) plants, heliconia (Heliconia) plants, bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) plants, sugar apple (Annona squamosa) plants, pandanus (Pandanus sp.) plants

2._    Fresh or chilled vegetables and fruits: tomatoes (Lycopersicon), fresh or chilled; peppers, fresh or chilled; eggplants (aubergines), fresh or chilled; ginger, neither crushed nor ground, fresh; bananas, including plantains, fresh; grapes, fresh or dried

(HS code(s): of 0602; 0702; 070930; 070960; 0803; 0806; 091011)

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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 Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendments to the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Regulated Products and Pests at the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union. Language(s): Russian. Number of pages: 2+3

https://regulation.eaeunion.org/orv/3303/

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/RUS/25_09252_00_x.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/RUS/25_09252_01_x.pdf

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Description of content: 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 phytisanitary 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).

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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): ISPM Nos 1, 4, 7, 10, 20

[ ]        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:  

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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): To be determined.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 27 February 2026

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 St., bld.1/2

115114 Moscow, Russian Federation

Tel: +(7 495) 669 2400 (ext. 5151)

E-mail: info@eecommission.org

            dept_sps@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 St., bld.1/2

115114 Moscow, Russian Federation

Tel: +(7 495) 669 2400 (ext. 5151)

E-mail: info@eecommission.org

            dept_sps@eecommission.org