A major loss in trade in animal products from the EU to Russia has been avoided by the introduction of uniform veterinary trade certificates, allowing EU exports of live animals and animal products to continue from 1 October without disruption, according to the European Commission.
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Russia blocked all such exports on 1 June but had lifted this ban until 1 October to allow discussions to take place.
As part of the agreement Russia will implement a set of uniform veterinary certificates to be used by all EU Member States exporting to Russia. These new certificates will be applicable as 1 October whilst the existing ones will phase out until the end of the year.
The certificates will be annually reviewed taking into account the development of the animal disease situation in the EU and new scientific data.
In addition, Russia has accepted the principle of “regionalisation”, so that an animal disease outbreak in part of one Member State will not block exports from the whole of that country nor from the rest of the EU.
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