Regulation · Route into Russia / EAEU
RELEASE · Rosselkhoznadzor / Rospotrebnadzor
Information, not legal advice — confirm the procedure for your product.
Legal basis
Release of genetically engineered organisms needs state registration (Federal Law 86-FZ; Government Decree No. 35, 2023); no established procedure for Wolbachia or sterile-insect releases (verify)
Research and pilot cooperation only.
Official-source check
- Regulator
- Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance)
- Legal basis
- Government Decree No. 35 of January 18, 2023, and Federal Law No. 86-FZ of July 5, 1996, "On State Regulation in the Field of Genetic Engineering Activity."
- Typical time
- The provided sources do not specify a typical duration for this specific registration process, noting that it is a complex state service.
- Corrections
- The draft correctly identifies the lack of a standard commercial procedure for such releases, but it is inaccurate to suggest there is no regulatory framework at all. The Russian Federation has a specific legal framework for the state registration of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) intended for release into the environment, overseen by Rosselkhoznadzor. While this framework exists, it is highly specialized and not a standard commercial certification route for mosquito products.
| Rosselkhoznadzor is the competent authority for the state registration of genetically engineered organisms intended for release into the environment. “Государственная регистрация генно-инженерно-модифицированных организмов, предназначенных для выпуска в окружающую среду, а также продукции, полученной с применением таких организмов или содержащей такие организмы, включая указанную продукцию, ввозимую на территорию Российской Федерации | …” | official fsvps.gov.ru |
| The legal basis for the state registration of such organisms is Government Decree No. 35 of January 18, 2023. “Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 18 января 2023 года №35 О порядке государственной регистрации генно-инженерно-модифицированных организмов, предназначенных для выпуска в окружающую среду, а также продукции, полученной с применением таких организмов или содержащей такие организмы, …” | base3.spinform.ru |
Sources
https://fsvps.gov.ru/gosudarstvennaja-registracija-genno-inzhenerno-modificirovannyh-organizmov-prednaznachennyh-dlja-vypuska-v-okruzhajushhuju-sredu-a-takzhe-produkcii-poluchennoj-s-primeneniem-takih-organizmov-ili-soder/
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