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Draft Decision of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic

Official title

Draft Decision of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendment to Section 1 of Chapter II of the Common Sanitary-Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for Products Subject to Sanitary-Epidemiological Supervision (Control)

Russia notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 19 December 2025. The comment period closed on 17 February 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Sunflower kernels; sunflower halva; sunflower seed gozinaki

HS codes
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 1206 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken.
  • 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
    • 170490 Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)
  • 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
    • 2006 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised).
Notifying member
Russia(Russian Federation)
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 19 December 2025. Check WTO ePing or Russia for its current status.
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/RUS/343
Keywords
Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Human health, Food safety

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 17 February 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
To be determined.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 17 February 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/RUS/343; it can take them up with Russia.

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What the notification says

The Draft Decision amends Common Sanitary-Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for Products Subject to Sanitary-Epidemiological Supervision (Control) with a requirement for maximum residues level (MRL) for cadmium (Cd) in sunflower kernels not to exceed 0.20 mg/kg. It also updates the existing MRLs for cadmium regarding specific confectionery products as follows: – Sunflower halva: 0.11 mg/kg; – Sunflower gozinaki (confectionery made of sunflower seeds): 0.14 mg/kg. The Technical Regulation TR CU 021/2011 'On Food Safety' will be updated accordingly.

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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