Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Trader Notice MH 08/2008
To: All Meat Establishments approved for export by the Russian Federation
Subject: New conditions for the animal product trade between EU member
states and the Russian Federation
The Commission has today notified the Department of a new pilot system of preliminary
pre-export notification at certain checkpoints by the Russian Federation. The details, as
provided by Rosselkhoznadzor are attached in the Appendix below.
Rosselkhoznador states that the pilot system is for the purpose reducing the time
required for border veterinary control at RF border checkpoints, reducing waiting
lines and preventing fraud.
Meat Hygiene Section
15th October 2008
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APPENDIX
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА
ПО ВЕТЕРИНАРНОМУ И
ФИТОСАНИТАРНОМУ НАДЗОРУ
Российская Федерация
Орликов пер. 1/11, Москва, 107139
тел.: (7 499) 975 43 47
факс: (7 495) 607 5111
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru
http://www.fsvps.ru
FEDERAL SERVICE
FOR VETERINARY AND
PHYTOSANITARY SURVEILLANCE
1/11, Orlikov per., Moscow, 107139
The Russian Federation
phone: (7 499) 975 43 47
fax: (7 495) 607 51 11
E-mail: info@svfk.mcx.ru
http://www.fsvps.ru
Moscow, August 27, 2008
No. FS-SD-2/8545
To: Ms. Paola Testori Coggi
Deputy Director-General
Directorate-General of the European Commission for Health and
Consumer Protection
Dear Ms. Paola Testori Coggi,
For the purposes of creating favourable conditions for the animal product trade
between EU member states and the Russian Federation, reducing time required for
border veterinary control at RF border checkpoints, reducing waiting lines and
preventing frauds, the Rosselkhoznadzor considered it necessary to introduce on a
pilot basis from August 15, 2008 a system of preliminary (pre-export) notification
of the above products imported by trucks and/or railway.
The experiment is conducted at the checkpoints located in the areas covered by the
Kaliningrad Region, Saint-Petersburg, Leningrad Region, Bryansk Region, Smolensk
Region, Tver Region and Pskov Region Divisions of the Rosselkhoznadzor.
A consignor or a consignee shall in advance e-mail to the relevant territorial division of
the Rosselkhoznadzor a Notification on the In-coming Cargo (hereinafter referred to as
“the Notification” – ref. the sample notification) indicating the specific Russian state
border checkpoint through which the cargo will be delivered. A scanned copy of the
exporting country’s veterinary certificate (accompanying the cargo) shall be attached to
the Notification (hereinafter referred to as “the attachment”). The Notification and the
attachment thereto shall be submitted only in the “.pdf” format.
During the experiment it will be also possible to process cargo documentation at the
Russian state border checkpoints as per the usual procedure – without a preliminary
notification.
To ensure the successful experiment performance, the territorial divisions of
Rosselkhoznadzor have been instructed to ensure (upon agreement with the
customs authorities) the top-priority processing of documentation on cargo
accompanied by Notifications taking into account the considerable reduction in
time spent on the paperwork.
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In addition, in view of the increased volume of truck-shipped cargo supervised by
the Rosselkhoznadzor at the north-western section of the Russian state border and
the current tense situation with the inspection and processing of documentation on
animal products at the checkpoints located at the above section of the border, the
Rosselkhoznadzor considered it necessary to introduce the following procedure
for the import of meat and primary meat products of all types from European
countries in accordance with the permits executed in 2008 in order to ensure an
even distribution of cargo flows at the checkpoints.
The imported meat and primary meat products delivered to the subjects of the
Russian Federation located in the North-Western Federal District shall be
imported only through the truck checkpoints Ubylinka, Shumilkino (Pskov
Region), Torfyanovka, Brusnichnoye, Svetogorsk, Ivangorod (Leningradskaya
Region) located correspondingly at the Russian-Latvian, Russian-Estonian and
Russian-Finnish sections of the Russian state border.
The truck-shipment of imported meat and primary meat products to other subjects
of the Russian Federation will be permitted through the checkpoints
Troebortnoye, Pogar (Bryansk Region) located at the Russian-Ukrainian section
of the Russian state border, as well as through the checkpoints of the Republic of
Belarus located at the external border with EU member states – Brest, Grodno,
Oshmyany – with the obligatory entry to the territory of the Russian Federation
through the Krasny Kamen notifications collection checkpoint (Bryansk Region).
The truck-shipment of the above products originating from the Baltic Region
(Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) as well as from Sweden and Finland to all regions
of the Russian Federation shall be carried out through the checkpoints Ubylinka,
Shumilkino (Pskov Region), Torfyanovka, Brusnichnoye, Svetogorsk, Ivangorod
(Leningradskaya Region).
For the purposes of establishing optimum conditions for animal products handling
between EU member states and the Russian Federation, we would like to kindly
request you to provide possible assistance in the use of the preliminary (preexport) notification system.
Please disseminate the above information amongst state veterinary services of EU
member states as well as among exporters and shipping and logistics companies.
I take this opportunity of giving you, Ms. Paola Testori Coggi, assurances of my
highest esteem.
Enclosure: 1 page.
[Signature]
S.A. Dankvert
Head
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Preliminary Notification Form
to notify the state supervisory authorities at the RF checkpoints of the animal
products delivered from EU member states
PART I
Producer
Exporting country:
Checkpoint, arrival date (day, month,
year)
Consignee:
Entity responsible for filling in the
application (carrier, exporter, etc.)
Place of storage and/or processing:
# of the Rosselkhoznadzor permit (if any)
# of the veterinary certificate:
Carrier vehicle, type, #
Designation:
Name of the commodity:
Type of packaging
Number of packages
Marking
Code of the
Foreign Economic
Activity
Commodity
Nomenclature
Weight
PART II
To be filled in by the veterinarian at the checkpoint*
Checkpoint number
Date:
Decision made
Full name of the veterinarian
Signature
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