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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/144
20 November 2001
(01-5864)
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:  European Commission, Health and Co nsumer 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).  Breeding pigs (CN 01031000); live poultry, i.e. Gallus domesticus  and turkeys
(CN 010511, 01051200, 01059200, 01059300, 01059930);  fresh poultry meat (CN 020711,
020712, 020713, 020714);  hatching eggs (CN 04070019) shell eggs (CN 04070030).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EC
member States and third countries trading with the European Communities.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposal for a Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the control of salmonella and other food-borne
zoonotic agents and amending Council Di rectives 64/432/EEC, 72/462/EEC and
90/539/EEC (12 pages).
5. Description of content:  The proposal notified hereby sets a framework for a pathogen
reduction policy, with Community targets being progressively established in selected farm
animal populations.  Salmonellae  is the main target where actions along the food chain are
required in order to decrease substantially the number of human cases of food-borne
salmonellosis and to this aim community targets will progressively be established for
breeding flocks of Gallus gallus , laying hens, broilers, turkeys, breeding herds of pigs,
within a fixed timeframe.
• Countries will have to present control programmes for approval by the European
Commission.
• One basic element is to ensure that the buyer of live animals or hatching eggs knows the
status of the holding of origin of the animals and to this aim, veterinary health
certification will be used and as regards third countries, equivalent measures will be
required for importation of relevant live animals and hatching eggs into the European
Communities.
• Predefined EC measures are also proposed for table eggs and broilers meat at the end of
a transitional period.  Certification requirements for importation of these products shall
also be established in due course.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Proposal
COM(2001) 452 Final – 2001/0177 (COD) for a Regulation of the European Parliament and
of the Council on the control of salmonella and other food-borne zoonotic agents and
amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 72/ 462/EEC and 90/539/EEC. Official Journal
of the EC, Series C, Number C304 E, of 30.10.2001, pages 260-271 (Available in all EC
languages).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The proposal is submitted to the Council and to the European
Parliament for a co-decision.  A date of adoption cannot be given at this stage.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
11. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of publication
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
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