G/SPS/N/EU/572  
 
20 June 2022  
(22-4748) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
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 animals and food of animal origin  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) on 
uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls as regards the use 
of ph armacologically active substances authorised as veterinary medicinal products or as 
feed additives and of prohibited or unauthorised pharmacologically active substances and 
residues thereof, on specific content of multi -annual national control plans and sp ecific 
arrangements for their preparation (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  11+7  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4173_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4173_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Official controls must be performed by the competent authorities  
regularly, on a risk basis and with appropriate frequency. The provisions on residue 
monitoring plans according to Directive 96/23/EC are repealed by the Official Controls 
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 by 14 December 2022. The current system is to be maintaine d 
and aligned to a more risk -based approach, while still ensuring a sufficient sampling 
frequency. This draft implementing act set out the general requirements of the content of 
the national control plans for pharmacologically active substances authorised as veterinary 
medicinal products or as feed additives and of prohibited or unauthorised 
pharmacologically active substances and residues thereof in food -producing animals and 
food of animal origin regarding minimum sampling frequencies and additional 
arran gements (submission of the plans and gathered data), while leaving the risk -based 
design up to the Member States, in line with the general approach of the Official Controls 
Regulation (EU) 2017/625.  
This draft Regulation is interlinked with the draft Commi ssion Delegated Regulation 
(notification G/SPS/N/EU/571) which sets out specific requirements such as sampling 
frequency, range of samples and stage of production, processing and distribution where 
the samples are to be taken and criteria to be taken into account for the design of the 
control plans.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/EU/572  
 
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  8. Is there a re levant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Estimated September 2022.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Estimated October 2022.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 15 December 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 August 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu