On the ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Sanitary Protection of the Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States

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The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated February 6, 2024 No. 59-VIII SAM

To ratify the Agreement on Cooperation in the field of sanitary Protection of the Territories of the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States, signed in Minsk on May 28, 2021.

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

K. TOKAEV

AGREEMENT on Cooperation in the field of sanitary protection of the Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States

The Governments of the States Parties to this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the Parties,

Recognizing the importance of cooperation in prevention:

import and spread of infectious diseases associated in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005) (hereinafter referred to as the IHR) with public health emergencies of international importance and requiring cooperation in the sanitary protection of the territories of the States Parties to this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as emergencies),

import and sale of goods potentially dangerous to public health and associated with the possibility of emergency situations,

Guided by the desire to continue and expand cooperation in the field of healthcare and to cooperate in carrying out state sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures for the sanitary protection of the territories of the States Parties to this Agreement,

proceeding from the interests of mutual protection of the territories of the States Parties to this Agreement from the import and sale of goods potentially dangerous to public health in the implementation of contracts and the development of economic and trade relations within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States,

have agreed on the following:

Article 1

The Parties shall take the necessary measures for the sanitary protection of the territories of the States Parties to this Agreement in respect of:

diseases associated with emergencies or with the possibility of emergencies, according to the List (attached);

goods subject to sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control), according to the lists that are determined in accordance with the legislation and other regulatory legal acts that constitute the law of the States Parties to this Agreement.

Article 2

In order to develop cooperation in the field of sanitary protection of the territories of the States Parties to this Agreement, the Parties undertake:

to promote the implementation of the IHR and regulatory documents on sanitary protection of territories adopted within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States;

Take the necessary measures to prevent the import and spread of diseases associated with emergencies or the possibility of emergencies, as well as to prevent the import of goods potentially dangerous to public health.;

promptly inform the Parties about the detection and spread of diseases associated with emergency situations or the possibility of emergency situations.;

exchange regulatory legal acts and other documents regulating measures for sanitary protection of territories;

exchange information on scientific research in the field of sanitary protection of territories;

to exchange specialists in order to study the achievements of science and practice in the field of sanitary protection of territories;

To send specialists to participate in conferences and scientific meetings, seminars, symposiums, and congresses on public health issues organized by the Parties.;

to promote the exchange of experience in improving the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population and conducting joint scientific research in the field of hygiene, epidemiology and prevention of diseases associated with emergencies or with the possibility of emergency situations.;

provide practical, scientific, technical and other assistance in carrying out sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures and, at the request of either Party, send specialized anti-epidemic teams.

Article 3

In order to implement this Agreement, each State determines an authorized body(s), which the depositary informs about at the same time as sending a notification on the implementation of domestic procedures.

In the event of a change in the authorized body, the relevant Party shall inform the depositary in writing within 30 days.

Article 4

The cooperation of the States Parties to this Agreement is carried out within the framework of the activities of the Council for Cooperation in the Field of Healthcare of the Commonwealth of Independent States (hereinafter referred to as the Council).

Coordination of cooperation between the Parties on issues of sanitary protection of territories, development of draft regulatory and methodological documents, research and practical activities are carried out by the Coordinating Council on the Problems of Sanitary Protection of Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States from the Import and spread of especially dangerous Infectious Diseases (hereinafter referred to as the Coordinating Council).

Organizational and technical support for the activities of the Coordinating Council, as well as the development, together with the relevant research institutes of the States parties to this Agreement, of regulatory and methodological documents on the sanitary protection of territories, are carried out by the federal state-owned healthcare institution "Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute "Microb" of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being (Russian Federation).

The position and composition of the Coordinating Council are approved by the Council.

Article 5

The Parties undertake to take the necessary measures to prevent the importation into the territory of another State Party to this Agreement of goods potentially dangerous to public health and promptly inform the Parties of cases of detection and distribution of such goods.

Each consignment of goods subject to sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control) exported from the territory of one State Party to this Agreement to the territory of another State Party to this Agreement must be accompanied by conformity assessment (confirmation) documents issued by authorized bodies of the Parties, in cases and in accordance with the procedure provided for by international treaties and legislation of the States Parties. this Agreement.

The authorized bodies of the Parties reserve the right to introduce temporary sanitary measures for the import into the territory of their state of goods subject to sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control) that are potentially dangerous to public health and associated with the possibility of emergency situations.

The authorized body of one Party shall notify the authorized body of the other Party of the introduction of temporary sanitary measures, the duration of their validity and the list of goods to which they apply.

Article 6

Vehicles of a State Party to this Agreement used to transport passengers and goods to the territory of another State Party to this Agreement must comply with the sanitary, epidemiological and hygienic requirements of the receiving State Party to this Agreement, unless otherwise established by international treaties to which the States Parties to this Agreement are parties.

Article 7

When conducting sanitary and epidemiological surveillance (control), in case of detection of goods that do not comply with sanitary and epidemiological and hygienic requirements, the authorized bodies of the Parties have the right to restrict the import, return, disinfection (neutralization) of the goods, and if it is impossible to carry out these measures, its destruction in accordance with national legislation.

The authorized bodies of the States Parties to this Agreement shall be informed about the identification of goods potentially dangerous to public health and associated with the possibility of an emergency.

Article 8

Financing of the measures taken by the Parties to implement this Agreement is carried out within the funds provided in the budgets of the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States to ministries and departments to ensure the functions assigned to them and/or the implementation of relevant national programs, as well as at the expense of extra-budgetary sources attracted by States (their economic entities) in accordance with the procedure established by national legislation.

Article 9

This Agreement does not affect the rights and obligations of each of the Parties arising for it from other international treaties to which its State is a party.

The provisions of this Agreement shall apply in relations between the member States of the Eurasian Economic Union to the extent that they do not contradict the law of the Eurasian Economic Union within the meaning of Article 6 of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014.

Article 10

By mutual agreement of the Parties, amendments may be made to this Agreement, which are formalized by the relevant protocol and are an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 11

Disputes between the Parties related to the application or interpretation of this Agreement are resolved through consultations and negotiations between the Parties concerned.

Article 12

This Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the date of receipt by the depositary of the third notification that the Signatories have completed the internal procedures necessary for its entry into force.

For the Parties that have completed the internal procedures later, this Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the date of receipt by the depositary of the relevant documents.

Article 13

After its entry into force, this Agreement is open for accession by any State by submitting an instrument of accession to the depositary.

For a member State of the Commonwealth of Independent States, this Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the date of receipt by the depositary of the instrument of accession.

For a State that is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, this Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the date of receipt by the depositary of the last notification of the consent of the signatory or acceding States to such accession.

Article 14

This Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period. Each of the Parties has the right to withdraw from this Agreement by sending a written notification of its intention to the depositary no later than 6 months before the withdrawal and settling financial and other obligations that have arisen during the validity of the Agreement.

Article 15

From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Sanitary Protection of the Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States dated May 31, 2001, shall expire for the Parties that have completed the internal procedures necessary for its entry into force.

In relations between the Parties for whom this Agreement has not entered into force, the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Sanitary Protection of the Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States dated May 31, 2001 will continue to apply.

Done in Minsk on May 28, 2021, in one original copy in Russian. The original copy is kept in the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which will send a certified copy to each signatory State of this Agreement.

For the Government

The Republic of Azerbaijan

For the Government of the Russian Federation

For the Government

Republic of Armenia

For the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

For the Government

Republic of Belarus

For the Government of Turkmenistan

For the Government

Republic of Kazakhstan

For the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan

For the Government

Of the Kyrgyz Republic

For the Government of Ukraine

For the Government

Republic of Moldova

Annex to the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Sanitary Protection of the Territories of the Commonwealth Member States Of the Independent States of May 28, 2021

LIST of diseases associated with emergencies or with the possibility of emergencies

No. p / p

Name of the disease

The ICD code *

Diseases associated with emergencies *

Smallpox

WHO

Polio caused by wild poliovirus

A80.1, A80.2

Human flu caused by a new subtype

J09,

Jll:J11.1

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

U04: U04.9

Diseases associated with the possibility of emergencies

Cholera

A.00: A.00.0, A00.1, A00.9

The plague

A20: A20.0, A20.1, A20.2, A20.3, A20.7, A20.8, A20.9

Yellow fever

A95: A95.0, A95.1, A95.9

JIacca Fever

A96.2

Marburg virus disease

A98.3

10.

Ebola virus disease

A98.4

11.

Middle East respiratory syndrome

No. p / p

Name of the disease

The ICD code *

12.

Malaria

B50: B50.0, B50.8, B50.9; B51: B51.0, B51.8, B51.9; B52: B52.0, B52.8, B52.9; B53.0;

B54

13.

West Nile Fever

A92.3

14.

Crimean hemorrhagic fever

A98.0

15.

Dengue fever

A97: A97.0, A97.1, A97.2, A97.9

16.

Rift Valley Fever (Rift Valley)

A92.4

17.

Zika fever

U06: U06.9

18.

Meningococcal disease

A39: A39.0, A39.1, A39.2, A39.3, A39.4, A39.5, A39.8, A39.9

19.

Anthrax

A22: A22.0, A22.1, A22.2, A22.7, A22.8, A22.9

20.

Brucellosis

A23: A23.0, A23.1, A23.2, A23.3, A23.8, A23.9

21.

Glanders and Melioidosis

A24: A24.0, A24.1, A24.2, A24.3, A24.4

22.

Epidemic typhus

A75: A75.0, A75.1, A75.2, A75.3, A75.9

23.

Junin Fever, Machupo

A96.0; A96.1

24.

Other infectious diseases that cause public health emergencies of international importance in accordance with Annex 2 to the IHR

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*The disease codes correspond to the "International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems."

** The emergency situation is determined at the time of registration of each case of diseases in paragraphs 1-4, for the remaining paragraphs - after assessment within each State Party to this Agreement in accordance with Annex 2 to the IHR.

RESERVATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN to the Agreement dated May 28, 2021 on cooperation in the field of sanitary protection of the territories of the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States

The provisions of the Agreement will not be applied by the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Armenia until the consequences of the conflict are completely eliminated and relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan are normalized.

The Prime Minister

The Republic of Azerbaijan

Ali Asadov

SPECIAL OPINION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

to the Decision of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States dated May 28, 2021 on the Agreement on Cooperation in the field of sanitary Protection of the Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States

In connection with the submission by the Republic of Azerbaijan of a Reservation to the Decision of the CIS Council of Heads of Government dated May 28, 2021 on the Agreement on Cooperation in the field of sanitary Protection of the Territories of the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Armenian side considers it necessary to note the following.

The provisions of the Agreement will not be applied by the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Azerbaijan until the consequences of the military aggression of the Republic of Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh are completely eliminated and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved politically and diplomatically in accordance with the norms and principles of international law in the interests of achieving the goals set out in the UN Charter.

Acting Deputy Prime Minister

Republic of Armenia

M.G. Grigoryan

I hereby certify that the attached text is an authentic copy of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Sanitary Protection of the Territories of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States, signed at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which took place on May 28, 2021 in Minsk. The original copy of the above-mentioned Agreement is kept in the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

First Deputy Chairman

The Executive Committee -

Executive Secretary

L.V. Anfimov

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

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