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Technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union, that came into force as of July 1, 2013, contain “Eurasian Conformity” labeling requirements.

On September 10, 2014, the Russian State Duma approved and signed into effect the National Standard for Organic Products “Terms and Definitions”.

Putin Signed Federal Law Limiting Agencies Authority . . . Russian Fish Catch Down Slightly in 2014 . . . Federal Law Extends Support to Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products . . .

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture approved the new List of Pests of Quarantine Concern for the Russian Federation by Order No. 501 of December 15, 2014.

This report contains an unofficial English translation of the draft Technical Regulation of the Customs Union (CU) “On Safety of Poultry and Products of its Processing” notified by Russia to the WTO.

Russia has historically been a tea drinking culture going back several generations. But in the last 20 years, the number of cafés in Russia has increased exponentially.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed a law amending the Tax Code that enables the introduction of a new trading fee for retailers in the federal cities (Moscow, St. Petersburg ,Sevastopol)

This report is an overview of general legal and technical requirements for food and agricultural imports imposed by the Russian Federation.

This report highlights export certification requirements for Russia.

Valentin Valenik Appointed Head of the Federal Forestry Service . . . Russian Winter Grains Sown . . . Russia Plans to Import Fish from Iran and South African Republic . . .

The Russian government continues to work on legislation for the organics market.

In July 2014, the Russian State Duma Committee announced the start of public comments and expert evaluations of a draft version of National Standard (GOST) “Regulations of Organic Production.”