G/SPS/N/EU/330  
 
12 July 2019  
(19-4654) 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):  Products of anima l origin, germinal products, animal by -products 
and composite products  
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 Implementing Regulation on the 
procedures at border control posts for a coordinated performance by competent 
authorities of intensified official controls on products of animal origin, germinal products, 
animal by -products and composite products  (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_3927_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  It follows from Regulation (EU) 2017/625 that in case of 
suspected fraud by an operator, or in the case of serious or repeated infringements of the 
rules referred to in Article 1(2) of that Regulation, official controls on consignments with 
the sa me use or origin should be intensified by the competent authorities at the border 
control posts.  
The competent authorities' decision to perform such intensified controls is to be notified 
to the Commission and the Member States. In order to ensure a harmon ised approach, 
this Implementing Regulation establishes detailed procedures for the coordinated 
performance of those controls, including rules on the role of the IMSOC in this respect.  
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.   
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) :  
[ ] 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  G/SPS/N/EU/330  
 
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  Does this proposed re gulation 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) : Third quarter of 2019.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Fourth quarter of 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: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 September 2019  
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 Internationa l 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