G/SPS/N/EU/682  
28 September 2023  
(23-6497) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS code(s): 2309)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning 
the denial of authorisation of a preparation of astaxanthin -rich Phaffia r hodozyma  
(Text  with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_12687_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation 
(EC) No. 1831/2003 an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of 
astaxanthin -rich Phaffia rhodozyma  (ATCC SD -5340) as a feed additive for salmon and 
trout. Following an inconclusive EFSA opinion the Commission gave the applicant the 
opportu nity to submit supplementary information but in the absence of any reply, the 
authorisation has to be denied as the additive does not satisfy the conditions for such 
authorisation.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial num ber of Codex standard 
or related text) : Code of practice on Good Animal Feeding CAC/RC  54-2004 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/EU/682  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/7161  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after the publication in the Official Journal of the 
European  Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 November 2023  
Agency or authority designated to h andle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax  number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu