The negotiations between the Rosselkhoznadzor and the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan were held via videoconference on April, 1.

The parties discussed the process of integration of information systems in the field of veterinary supervision in Russia and Kazakhstan – FGIS "VetIS" and EASU APK (the system of the Republic of Kazakhstan used for issuing electronic veterinary certificates for products). The Russian Authority said that in order to continue work in this direction it is expecting from its Kazakh colleagues a list of all establishments supplying livestock products to the territory of Russia. As it was explained in the Rosselkhoznadzor, this is required for including the abovementioned register in the FGIS "VetIS". The representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan said that they are currently updating the list and will try to send it to the Service by April 10.

The Russian party inquired whether the information on regulated goods transported through checkpoints on the border of Kazakhstan from other countries to the territory of the Russian Federation is displayed in the EACU APK system. The information is necessary to understand how well the traceability of products is ensured during such movements. The technical specialists of the Republic promised to prepare an answer to the question using the example of specific shipments supplied to Russia through Kazakhstan from third countries, and send it to the Russian authority.

The Rosselkhoznadzor also proposed to the Kazakh colleagues to use the Rosselkhoznadzor-developed “Mercury. Notifications” subsystem in order to trace the goods moved to Kazakhstan from other EAEU member states. In particular, the matter concerns Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, which are currently developing their own information systems in the field of veterinary surveillance, but these countries use the "Mercury. Notifications" platform when shipping livestock products abroad and enter the data on consignments in it. The Committee of Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan will be able to use the opportunity to trace the products supplied to the Republic starting from April 5.

The parties agreed to continue discussing the raised issues in the near future.