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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/112
8 February 2001
(01-0613)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Health and Consumers Protection Directorate General
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Feedingstuffs of terrestrial animal origin  Regions or countries likely to be
affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EC member States and countries
importing or exporting to the European Communities feedingstuffs of animal origin
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Commission Deci sion 2001/9/EC of
29 December 2000 concerning control measures required for the implementation of Council
Decision 2000/766/EC concer ning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein. Official Journal Number L2,
of 5 January 200, Pages 32 – 40
5. Description of content:  Sets conditions to ensure that the placing on the market, trade,
importation and exportation of processed animal  proteins for animals not kept, fattened or
bred for the production of food cannot be used  for non authorized purposes. To this aim,
member States may export to third countries pr ocessed animal proteins (as defined) provided
they are destined for uses not prohibited only if a bilateral agreement with the third country
exists prior to exportation, which includes an undertaking from the third country to respect the
final use and not to re-export the processed an imal protein. The pro cessed animal proteins
shall be accompanied by an official certificate as laid down in Annex V.
6. 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           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  To avoid that  processed animal proteins intended to be
feed to animals not kept, fattened or bred for the production of food could be used for non
authorized purposes.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:           
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):           G/SPS/N/EEC/112
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11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [     ]  EC enquiry point or address, fax number
and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Text available in  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html
English http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2001/l_002/l_00220010105en00320040.pdf
French http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/dat/2001/l_002/l_00220010105fr00320040.pdf
Spanish http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/es/dat/2001/l_002/l_00220010105es00320040.pdf