TREATY ON THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION.

This Treaty establishes general basic principles and rules for application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures, including veterinary measures, technical regulations and standards related to circulation of commodities. The Principles of functioning of the Customs Union ensure free movement of commodities between territories of Member States without the use of customs declarations and state control (transport, sanitary, veterinary-sanitary, phytosanitary quarantine), except as provided by this Treaty. Sanitary, veterinary-sanitary and phytosanitary quarantine measures shall be applied based on scientifically justified principles and only to the extent required to protect life and health of humans, animals and plants. Sanitary, veterinary-sanitary and phytosanitary quarantine measures applied within the Union shall be based on international and regional standards, guidelines, and/or the recommendations, except when, based on appropriate scientific studies, any sanitary, veterinary-sanitary and phytosanitary quarantine measures, which ensure a higher level of sanitary, veterinary-sanitary or phytosanitary quarantine protection than measures based on relevant international and regional standards, guidelines and/or recommendations, are introduced. In order to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population, as well as veterinary-sanitary and phytosanitary quarantine safety within the Union, agreed policy shall be conducted in the sphere of application of sanitary, veterinary-sanitary and phytosanitary quarantine measures. Agreed policy shall be implemented through the Member States’ joint development, adoption and implementation of international treaties and acts of the Commission in the application of sanitary, veterinary-sanitary and phytosanitary quarantine measures. Agreed approaches to the identification, registration and traceability of animals and products of animal origin shall be applied in accordance with acts of the Commission. Common sanitary, epidemiological and hygienic requirements and procedures shall be determined for products (goods) subject to state sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control). Common sanitary, epidemiological and hygienic requirements to products (goods) in respect of which technical regulations of the Union are developed shall be included in the technical regulations of the Union in accordance with acts of the Commission. In order to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population, state sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control) shall be conducted by authorised authorities in the field of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population in accordance with the legislation of the Member States and acts of the Commission. Common veterinary (veterinary-sanitary) requirements approved by the Commission shall be applied to goods and items subject to veterinary control (supervision). In order to prevent the entry and spread of contagious animal diseases, including those common to humans and animals, and goods not complying with the common veterinary (veterinary-sanitary) requirements, veterinary control (supervision) shall be exercised in respect of goods (as well as goods for personal use) subject to veterinary control (supervision) and to items subject to veterinary control (supervision), in accordance with acts of the Commission. Phytosanitary quarantine measures shall be applied to products included in the list of quarantineable products (quarantineable freights, quarantineable materials, quarantineable goods) subject to phytosanitary quarantine control (supervision) at the customs border of the Union and on the customs territory of the Union, quarantine items included in the common list of quarantine items of the Union, as well as quarantineable items. Phytosanitary quarantine control (supervision) on the customs territory of the Union and at the customs border of the Union shall be carried out in respect of the products included in the list of quarantineable products, quarantine items included in the common list of quarantine items of the Union, as well as quarantineable items. In other spheres of integration interaction, including in the sphere of sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary (veterinary-sanitary) measures for agricultural and food products, the respective policy shall be conducted with account of the objectives, tasks and directions of the agreed (coordinated) agricultural policy.