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Notifying Member: Russian Federation

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance

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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): Seed potatoes

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

[ ]      All trading partners

[X]     Specific regions or countries: Netherlands

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Title of the notified document: Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and Phytosanitary No. FS-NV-3/19938 as of July 14, 2020. Language(s): Russian. Number of pages: 1

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/RUS/20_4475_00_x.pdf

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Description of content: This letter notes that due to detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in two provinces of the Neterlands - Groningen and Friesland from 15 July 2020 imports of seed potatoes from the Netherlands to the Russian Federation is carried out on the basis of preshipment control conducted on the territory of the Netherlands.

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

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Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: This measure is imposed in order to avoid the introduction of planting and seed material from areas, places of production and production sites where pests of quarantine concern for Eurasian Economic Union occur.

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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 No. 4, No. 10 and No. 36.

[ ]        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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Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable): 15 July 2020

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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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 Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision

1/11 Orlikov Lane

107139 Moscow

Tel: +(7499) 975 4347

Fax: +(7495) 607 5111

E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru

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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 Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision

1/11 Orlikov Lane

107139 Moscow

Tel: +(7499) 975 4347

Fax: +(7495) 607 5111

E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru