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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/94/Add.8 
21 October 2004 
 
 (04-4470) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 15 October 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Communities
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Any kind of food under numerous positions of the Harmonized System Nomenclature (ICS 67020);  
Food Hygiene  
  Since 1964 the EC has developed a number of di rectives and regulations combining different 
disciplines (i.e. hygiene, animal health, official cont rols) and different hygiene regimes for products of 
animal origin.  This activity was a consequence of the need to harmonize national rules to develop the 
internal market and, at the same time, ensure a high  level of protection.  This legislative package has 
been simplified by a series of five proposals, calle d "the hygiene package" that was notified by the 
European Commission to the WTO Agreement on the Application of SPS measures in document 
G/SPS/N/EEC/94 (18 September 2000). 
 
 Since that date, the EC notified numerous addenda  and corrigenda  to G/SPS/N/EEC/94.  
These addenda  include the withdrawal of an initial text and its replacement with another proposal, as 
well the notification of the final act adopted;  the corrigenda  concern errors in the web link as well as 
corrections to the first publication of the adopted text in the Official Journal. 
 
 This notification is made as a matter of tran sparency and clarification only and aims to 
identify the official final text for each of the pr oposals in the "Hygiene Package".  To this aim we 
have built a table (see below) and further to th is, the correct web links are also indicated.  
 G/SPS/N/EEC/94/Add.8 
Page 2 PROPOSALS OF THE HYGIENE 
PACKAGE 
G/SPS/N/EEC/94 OUTCOME OFFICIAL FINAL VERSION DATE OF 
APPLICATION 
1.  Proposal 2000/0178 COD for a Regulation 
of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs. ADOPTION: 
Regulation (EC) N°. 852/2004 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (Official Journal of the EU, L139, Volume 47, 30 April 2004, pages 1-54)  EEC/94/Add.2 EEC/94/Add.6 
Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) 
N°. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (Official Journal of the 
EU, L226, Volume 47, 25 June 
2004, pp. 3-21) No earlier than 1 
January 2006 
2.  Proposal 2000/0179 (COD) for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the Council laying down specific hygiene 
rules for food of animal origin. ADOPTION: 
Regulation (EC) N°. 853/2004 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene 
rules for the hygiene of foodstuffs (Official 
Journal of the EU, L139, Volume 47, 30 
April 2004, pp. 55-205)  EEC/94/Add.3 EEC/94/Add.7 
Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) 
N°. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 laying down specific 
hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Official Journal of the EU, L226, Volume 47, 25 June 2004, 
pp. 22-82) No earlier than 1 
January 2006 
3.  Proposal 2000/0180 (COD) for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the Council laying down detailed rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human 
consumption WITHDRAWN: 
See below   
3 bis  Proposal COM 2002/377 for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human 
consumption.  New proposal notified in 
EEC/94/Rev.1 ADOPTION: 
Regulation (EC) N°. 854/2004 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on 
products of animal origin intended for human 
consumption (Official Journal of the EU, L139, Volume 47, 30 April 2004, pp. 206-
320)  EEC/94/Rev.1/Add.2 EEC/94/Rev.1/Add.3 
Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) 
N°. 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific 
rules for the organisation of official 
controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (Official Journal of the EU, L226, Volume 47, 25 June 2004, pp. 83-127) No earlier than 1 
January 2006  
  G/SPS/N/EEC/94/Add.8
 Page 34.  Proposal 2000/0181 (CNS) for a Council 
Regulation laying down the animal-health 
rules governing the production, placing on the market and importation of products of animal origin intended for human consumption. ADOPTION: 
Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 
December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, 
processing, distribution and introduction of 
products of animal origin for human consumption (Official Journal L18 of 23/01/2003 pp. 11-20)  EEC/94/Rev.1/Add.1 
and EEC/94/Add.4  Before 1 January 
2005 
5.  Proposal 2000/0182 (COD) for a Directive 
of the European Parliament and of the 
Council repealing certain directives on the hygiene of foodstuffs and the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal 
origin intended for human consumption, and 
amending Directives 89/662/EEC and 
91/67/EEC. ADOPTION: 
Directive 2004/41/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 repealing certain Directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of 
certain products of animal origin intended for 
human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC (Official Journal of the EU, L157, Volume 47, 30 April 2004, pp. 33-44)  EEC/94/Add.5 Corrigendum to Directive 
2004/41/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 repealing certain Directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for 
the production and placing on the 
market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC 
and 92/118/EEC and Council 
Decision 95/408/EC (Official Journal of the EU, L195, Volume 
47, 2 June 2004, pp. 12-15) No earlier than 1 
January 2006 
 OFFICIAL FINAL VERSIONS:  Links to the Official Journal. 
1.  Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) N°. 852/2004 
• English:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/o j/dat/2004/l_226/l_22 620040625en00030021.pdf
 
• French:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/o j/dat/2004/l_226/l_22620040625fr00030021.pdf  
• Spanish:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/d at/2004/l_226/l_22 620040625es00030021.pdf  
2.  Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) N°. 853/2004 
• English:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/o j/dat/2004/l_226/l_22 620040625en00220082.pdf  
• French:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/o j/dat/2004/l_226/l_22620040625fr00220082.pdf  
• Spanish:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/d at/2004/l_226/l_22 620040625es00220082.pdf  
3.  Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) N°. 854/2004 
• English:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/o j/dat/2004/l_226/l_22 620040625en00830127.pdf  
• French:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/o j/dat/2004/l_226/l_22620040625fr00830127.pdf  
• Spanish:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/d at/2004/l_226/l_22 620040625es00830127.pdf   
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Page 4 4.  Council Directive 2002/99/EC 
• English:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/o j/dat/2003/l_018/l_01 820030123en00110020.pdf  
• French:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/o j/dat/2003/l_018/l_01820030123fr00110020.pdf  
• Spanish:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/d at/2003/l_018/l_01 820030123es00110020.pdf  
5.  Corrigendum to Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
• English:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/o j/dat/2004/l_195/l_19 520040602en00120015.pdf  
• French:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/o j/dat/2004/l_195/l_19520040602fr00120015.pdf  
• Spanish:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/d at/2004/l_195/l_19 520040602es00120015.pdf  
 
 
 
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