Skip to content
Expodite

WTO notification · SPS

KazakhstanEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

Letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control

Official title

Letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the temporary restriction, due to highly pathogenic avian influenza, on imports into Kazakhstan from the departments of Vendée, Drôme, Dunkirk, Calvados, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Somme, Côtes-d’Armor, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres and Allier in France of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °

Kazakhstan notified this emergency SPS measure on 22 May 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

Get alerts for this product and marketCheck what this means for your products

Expodite puts notifications like this one in your Updates centre, matched to the HS codes of your products and the markets you export to. Opens the requirements check for Kazakhstan in your Expodite account.

Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.

Published here:

At a glance

Products

Live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of plant origin, as well as those of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feath

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 01 LIVE ANIMALS
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 04
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
  • 64 · Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
    • 64 FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLES
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
  • 93 · Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
    • 93
Notifying member
Kazakhstan
Status
Emergency measure, may already apply
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/224
Keywords
Animal diseases, Animal health, Avian Influenza, Food safety, Human health, Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization, Zoonoses

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/KAZ/224; it forwards comments to Kazakhstan.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, based on official information from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), hereby introduces, as of 10 February 2026, temporary restrictions due to highly pathogenic avian influenza on imports into Kazakhstan from the departments of Vendée, Drôme, Dunkirk, Calvados, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Somme, Côtes-d’Armor, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres and Allier in France of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of plant origin, as well as those of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds. The transit of live poultry from the above-mentioned territories through the territory of Kazakhstan is also prohibited.

Sources

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

All updates from Kazakhstan

  1. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergency

    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…

    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…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KAZ/122/Add.1

  2. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergency

    Letter of Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the introduction of a temporary restriction on the…

    The measure represents a temporary restriction on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry, hatching eggs, down, feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not been heat treated, feed and feed additives, hunting trophies that have not been taxidermy…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KAZ/28/Add.1

  3. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergency

    Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the import and…

    The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, based on official information from the World Organization for Animal Health (WAHIS), has implemented temporary restrictions, effective from 22 November 2023. These restrictions apply to the import…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KAZ/172/Add.1

  4. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation to…

    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 (WOAH), an outbreak of bluetongue disease was registered in Serbia. In this regard, since 21…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KAZ/221

All export regulation updates

Get these automatically for your products and markets.

Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.

Start freeSee export intelligence