. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/EEC/14
5 June 2002
(02-3112)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:
European Commission
EC-TBT Enquiry PointFax: +32 2 299 57 25
E-mail: ec-tbt@cec.eu.int
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Feed additives (defined
as chemically defined substances or micro-organisms not normally used as feed materialswhich are intentionally added to feedingstuffs or drinking water).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   COM(2002)153 final
“Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for
use in animal nutrition” (41 pages, available in all E.U. languages)
6. Description of content:   The proposal notified hereby lays down a centralised Community
framework procedure for safety assessment, authorisation and supervision of feed additives
(cf. products covered) as well as labelling requirements for these products.  It provides for
the prohibition from 1/1/2006 of the marketing and use as growth promoters of the
following antibiotic substances:  sodium monensin, sodium salinomycin, flavophospholipoland avilamycin.  It also repeals existing Directives or parts of Directives.
A comprehensive overview of the practical implications of this proposal is provided in Press
Notice IP/02/466 available at http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh
Note:   This draft legislation is also being notified under the Agreement on Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Human and animal health, environment, users’ interests, prevention of deceptive practices.
8. Relevant documents:   COM(2002)153 final.  The proposal will be published in the Official
Journal of the E.C., C Series.G/TBT/N/EEC/14
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  by the European Parliament and the Council: July 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  on the 20th day following that of the publication of the
Regulation in the Official Journal of the E.C. / Proposed date of application: 1 year after
the date of publication of the Regulation.
10. Final date for comments:   15 July 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  Information on
Feed safety policy available in http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/afs/afs_index_en.html
The Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives
for use in animal nutrition COM(2002)153 final is available at:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/index1.html
English text:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2002/en_502PC0153.pdf
Spanish text:  http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/es/com/pdf/2002/es_502PC0153.pdf
French text:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/com/pdf/2002/fr_502PC0153.pdf
Note:  This notification is without prejudice to views on the consistency of the notified
measures with or their relevance to rights and obligations under the Multilateral Trade
Agreements.