G/SPS/N/EU/455  
 
16 December 2020  
(20-9103) 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):  HS Code 2309 - Preparations of a kind used in animal nutrition  
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 on the 
status of certain products as feed additives within the scope of Regulation (EC) 
No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and on the withdrawal from 
the market of certain feed additives (Te xt with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  15 (draft act and annex)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_7740_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_7740_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft act concerns both the withdrawal from the EU market 
of a series of feed additives for administrative reasons and the clarification of the legal 
status of a series of products as feed additives or not, according to the EU legislation on 
feed additives.  
This notification concerns specifically the envisaged deci sion on the status of three 
products (listed in Annex III of the draft act) to be considered as feed additives within the 
meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. For those products, it is proposed to provide 
a transitional period of seven years in order t o allow operators to adapt to the new status 
as feed additives.  
7. 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.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Code of practice on Good Animal Feeding 
CAC/RCP  54-2004 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/EU/455  
 
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  [ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[X] 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) : March 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : March 2021  
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 facil itating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Thirty 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