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KazakhstanUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergency

Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control

Official title

Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from Region Zealand, Denmark of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting bir

Kazakhstan issued an addendum on 5 June 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/KAZ/122. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 5 January 2023.

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Products

Live poultry, hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat, all poultry products, feed and feed additives for birds, trophies of the chase, used equipment for the maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 01 LIVE ANIMALS
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 02
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 04
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 05 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
Notifying member
Kazakhstan
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Animal health
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/KAZ/122Latest notice: G/SPS/N/KAZ/122/Add.1
Keywords
Animal health, Human health, Avian Influenza, Food safety, Zoonoses, Animal diseases, Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization, Withdrawal of the measure

Key dates

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Proposed adoption
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Proposed entry into force

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/KAZ/122/Add.1⁩, 5 June 2026)

Letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, pursuant to paragraph 3 of the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated 16 May 2016 No. 149 'On the procedure for interaction of authorized bodies of the member States of the Eurasian Economic Union during the introduction of temporary sanitary, veterinary, sanitary and quarantine phytosanitary measures' on the lifting of temporary restrictions i

Kazakhstan has notified in G/SPS/N/KAZ/122 (5 January 2023) a letter from the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the import to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Region of Zealand, Denmark of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (excluding feed additives of plant origin, chemical and microbiological synthesis), trophies of the chase that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feather game), used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry from the above territories. The notified measure was modified by the Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.

The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WAHIS), outbreaks of avian influenza were registered in the Region Zealand, Denmark. In this regard, since 17 November 2022, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Region Zealand, Denmark of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (excluding feed additives of plant origin, chemical and microbiological synthesis), trophies of the chase that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feather game), used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry from the above territories. With regard to the above goods shipped before 17 November 2022, the decision to let them pass is made in the usual manner.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/KAZ/122/Add.1Emergency measure

    Letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, pursuant to paragraph 3 of the Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated 16 May 2016 No. 149 'On the procedure for interaction of authorized bodies of the member States of the Eurasian Economic Union during the introduction of temporary sanitary, veterinary, sanitary and quarantine phytosanitary measures' on the lifting of temporary restrictions i

    Kazakhstan has notified in G/SPS/N/KAZ/122 (5 January 2023) a letter from the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the import to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Region of Zealand, Denmark of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (excluding feed additives of plant origin, chemical and microbiological synthesis), trophies of the chase that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feather game), used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry from the above territories. The notified measure was modified by the Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/KAZ/122Emergency measure

    Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from Region Zealand, Denmark of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting bir

    The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WAHIS), outbreaks of avian influenza were registered in the Region Zealand, Denmark. In this regard, since 17 November 2022, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Region Zealand, Denmark of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (excluding feed additives of plant origin, chemical and microbiological synthesis), trophies of the chase that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feather game), used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry from the above territories. With regard to the above goods shipped before 17 November 2022, the decision to let them pass is made in the usual manner.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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