Regulation · Route into Russia / EAEU
MACRO · Rosselkhoznadzor
Information, not legal advice — confirm the procedure for your product.
Legal basis
Live beneficial insects and mites need veterinary certificates and phytosanitary control on import (EAEU Commission Decisions No. 317 and 318 of 18.06.2010); entomophages are not registered as pesticides
Beneficial insects, mites and nematodes. Local mass-rearing avoids repeated import permits.
Official-source check
- Regulator
- Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance).
- Legal basis
- EAEU Commission Decisions No. 317 (veterinary) and No. 318 (phytosanitary) dated June 18, 2010.
- Typical time
- The process involves veterinary checks per shipment; specific duration depends on compliance with health requirements and documentation, not a fixed 'months' permit duration.
- Corrections
- The draft correctly identifies Rosselkhoznadzor as the regulator and the need for veterinary/phytosanitary compliance. However, it is inaccurate to describe the requirement simply as a 'quarantine import permit for live organisms'. Beneficial insects and entomophages are subject to veterinary control (not just phytosanitary) under EAEU law, requiring compliance with specific veterinary requirements and veterinary certificates, rather than just a general import permit. They are not registered as pesticides.
| Beneficial insects and entomophages are subject to veterinary requirements for import into the EAEU. “Глава 18. Ветеринарные требования при ввозе на таможенную территорию Евразийского экономического союза и (или) перемещении между государствами-членами медоносных пчел, шмелей и коконов люцерновых пчел-листорезов, сверчков, насекомых-энтомофагов” | sudact.ru |
| Live insects for research purposes are classified as regulated products with high phytosanitary risk. “Клещи, нематоды и насекомые живые для научно-исследовательских целей | из 0106 41 000 8,из 0106 49 000 1” | meganorm.ru |
| Specific veterinary certificates are required for the import of insects for biocontrol. “Worldwide | Appendix #1 - Insects for breeding, agricultural use and feed production ... Appendix #3 - Insects for Biocontrol” | official old.fsvps.gov.ru |
Sources
https://old.fsvps.gov.ru/fsvps/importExport/vetlist.html?_language=en