The EEC is cooperating with the United States in the field of sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures
The Director of the Department of sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures of the EEC Igor Gayevsky met with the Minister Plenipotentiary, Agriculture Adviser of the Embassy of United States in Moscow Jonathan Gressel at the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Igor Gayevsky informed his US colleague on the competence of the Commission and the authorized authorities of the EAEU countries on the application of sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures. In particular, the EEC representative spoke about the order of development, public discussion and adoption of normative legal acts of the Commission in the field of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and changes to existing documents.
At the request of the American party Igor Gayevsky explained peculiarities of the preparation and the initialling of the forms of veterinary certificates for the goods exported to the Union territory, which differ from the common forms.
Jonathan Gressel noted the high level of transparency in the preparation of normative and legal documents in this area by the Commission together with experts of the EAEU Member States.
Both parties expressed satisfaction with the results of the meetings and their mutual interest in developing cooperation in the field of sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures.
Press-release at the official Eurasian Economic Commission web-site