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3 June 2020  
(20-3988) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
IMPOSITION OF A SAFE GUARD MEASURE BY UKR AINE  
ON IMPORTS OF CERTAI N NITROGEN FERTILIZE RS 
REQUEST FOR CONSULTA TIONS UNDER ARTICLE 12.3 OF THE AGREEMEN T ON SAFEGUARDS  
RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
The following communication, dated 3 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the Russian Federation . 
 
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Pursuant to paragraph 1(b) of Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards, on 21 May 2020 Ukraine 
submitted to the WTO Committee on Safeguards a notification on finding serious injury or threat 
thereof to the domestic industry producing certain nitrogen fertilizers and a notification on proposed 
safeguard measures ( G/SG/N/8/UKR/8  - G/SG/N/10/UKR/8  - G/SG/N/11/UKR/6 ). 
Having a substantial interest as exporter of the product concerned, the Russian Federation requests 
consultations with Ukraine under paragraph 3 of Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards and 
paragraph 2 of Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tari ffs and Trade (GATT) 1994. Consultations 
are requested with a view to, inter alia , reviewing the information provided in the notification of 
Ukraine, which is required by paragraph 2 of Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards, exchanging 
views on the mea sures and reaching an understanding on ways to achieve the objective set out in 
paragraph 1 of Article 8 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  
Moreover, the Russian Federation notes that according to paragraph 3 of Article 12 of the Agreement 
on Safeguards the M ember proposing to apply or extend a safeguard measure is required to provide 
adequate opportunity for prior consultations with those Members having a substantial interest as 
exporters of the product concerned. This request is without prejudice to the posi tion of the Russian 
Federation on any issue relating to the notification of Ukraine and the proposed measure, including 
whether the information provided is sufficient  and whether the period between the notification and 
the application of the proposed measu re enables an adequate opportunity for prior consultations in 
the sense of paragraph 3 of Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  
The Russian Federation suggests holding consultations via videoconference as promptly as possible 
and preferably, as sugges ted by Ukraine, not later than 4 June 2020. The Russian Federation looks 
forward to an early reply from Ukraine to this request.  
The Russian Federation reserves all its rights under the Agreement Establishing the World Trade 
Organization and its Annexes, i ncluding the Agreement on Safeguards and the GATT 1994 . 
 
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