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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/192
3 March 2003
(03-1226)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Communities. Health & Consumer
Protection Directorate-General  Directorate E – Food Safety: Plant Health, Animal Health
and Welfare, International questions
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):  Live bovine ovine and caprine (CN 0102 & 0104). Meat: fresh or frozen -of
bovines (0201, 0202), ovine and cap rine (0204); minced (020230, 02042300, 020443,
020450) or in preparations (1606).  Edible offal of bovine animals fresh, chilled or frozen
(0206); salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
(0210 20), guts, bladders and stomachs of bovine ovine and caprine animals (0504).  Bovine
casings (05040000) and products that may contai n them.  Raw material for the manufacture
of feedingstuffs (0210.90).  Bones ( 05606) and bone products (3503, 0210 & 2301).
Rendered fats - bovine, ovine and capri ne - (1502, 1506 & 1518).  Meat preparations
including extracts of bovine, ovine and cap rine (1601 and 1602), incl uding food preparation
containing meat (1902).  Gravies ("greaves") for human consumption of bovine, ovine and
caprine origin (2301).  Pet-food (2309).  Pr ocessed animal protein in positions 0210 and
2301.  Gelatine and derivatives (3503).
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EC
member States and third countries exporting the products concerned to the European
Communities.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Counci l amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as
regards the extension of the period for transitional measures (Doc.SANCO/3663/2002 –Available in English - 4 pages)
6. Description of content:  The proposal notified hereby extends until 30 June 2005, the
period for transitional measures foreseen by article 23 of Regulation 999/2001 to permit thechangeover to this regulation.
Further Background
1. In notification G/SPS/N/EEC/72 (16 April 1999) the EC informed of a proposal ending
in:  Regulation 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down
rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiformencephalopathies.  (OJ. L147, 31/05/2001, pp:1-40).  This regulation set rules for the
determination of the "BSE status" of a country from what it follows certain measures
for the control of BSE as well as of the import/export trade.  Article 23 of this
regulation foresees the introduction of transitional measures prior to the determinationof the BSE status of a country.G/SPS/N/EEC/192
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2. In notification G/SPS/N/EEC/133 (3 August 2001) the EC informed of a proposal
ending in Regulation 1326/2001 of 29 June 2001 laying down transitional measures to
permit the changeover to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of theCouncil No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
certain transmissible spongiform encephalo pathies, and amending Annexes VII and XI
to that Regulation  (OJ L177, 30/06/01 pp.60-67).  According to this regulation
transitional measures were adopted which expire on the 30 June 2003.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document Doc.SANC O/3663/2002  (Available in all EC languages). When
adopted it will be published in the Official Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-
lex/en/oj/index.html
10. Proposed date of adoption:   May – June 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 July 2003
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty days after the date of notification
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments:  [ X ] EC notification authority,
[   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  EC enquiry point,  or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: