The Following Communication, Received on 9 November 2017, Is Being Circulated at the Request

G/SPS/N/RUS/56/Add.1

15 November 2017 (17-6203) Page: 1/2 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, received on 9 November 2017, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Russian Federation.

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Draft of Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation "On Approval of Administrative Regulation on fulfilment by the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance and the Federal Customs Service of function on carrying out state veterinary surveillance at points of entry through the state border of the Russian Federation and state veterinary surveillance at other places of customs operations within the territory of the Russian Federation, different from points of entry through the state border of the Russian Federation, in respect of goods subject to state veterinary surveillance for import or transit through the customs border of the Eurasian economic union"

This document clarifies the course of action of customs services in respect of goods under control, while importing or transit, (except aquatic biological resources, caught while fishing conducting, and produced on their basis fish and other products) at the points of entry, located at the free port of Vladivostok.

This addendum concerns a:

[ ] Modification of final date for comments [ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation [X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation [ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force [ ] Other:

Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)

[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of

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other body:

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Veterinary Department Orlikov pereulok 1/11 107139 Moscow Tel: +(7 499) 975 1598 Fax: +(7 499) 975 1598 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

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