G/SPS/N/EU/355  
 
15 October 2019  
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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):  Food of animal or igin and composite products, live animals  
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:  Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules 
for specific official controls for certain categories of animals and goods, measures to be 
taken following the performanc e of such controls and certain categories of animals and 
goods exempted from official controls at border control posts (Text with EEA Relevance) . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_5647_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_5647_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 empowers the 
Commission to establish, by means of delegated acts, the cases and conditions under 
which cert ain categories of animals and goods may be exempted from checks at border 
control posts. The Official Controls Regulation also empowers the Commission to adopt 
rules for the performance of specific controls and on measures in the case of non -
compliance for  certain categories of animals and goods.  
The categories of animals and goods exempted from checks at border control posts 
include certain categories of fishery products and certain categories of animals and goods 
entering the Union through certain Greek i slands and through certain French territories. 
Specific control rules are set out for certain categories of fishery products, unskinned, 
furred wild game and certain categories of animals and goods entering the Union through 
certain Greek islands and throu gh certain French territories.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  G/SPS/N/EU/355  
 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapte r 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) : December 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Forty days from the date of circulation of this 
notification.  
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