G/SPS/N/EU/362  
 
21 January 2020  
(20-0549) 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):  Terrestrial anima ls and hatching eggs (according to the definition of 
the Animal Health Law).  
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 (EU) 2019/2035 of 
28 June 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council as regards rules for establishments keeping terrestrial animals and 
hatcheries, and the t raceability of certain kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (Text 
with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English, French , Spanish . Number of pages:  54 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_0541_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_0541_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_0541_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation complements rules that are already laid 
down in Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/429) concerning registration and 
approval of establishments keeping terrestrial animals, record keeping obligations, 
registers of establishments  and transporters and identification and traceability of 
terrestrial animals. In that regard it lays down the rules for:  
a) the registration of transporters engaged in the transportation of kept dogs, cats and 
ferrets, and poultry between EU Member States;  
b) the requirements for the approval of establishments keeping terrestrial animals 
posing a high animal health risk in the EU;  
c) the information to be included in the registers of registered and approved 
establishments and transporters to be kept by the  EU competent authorities;  
d) additional record -keeping obligations supplementing those laid down in the Animal 
Health Law for operators and transporters of kept terrestrial animals;  
e) detailed traceability requirements that apply in the EU for certain species and 
categories of terrestrial animals;  
f) transitional measures.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/EU/362  
 
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  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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Rules for the registration of 
establishments and traceability will apply in the EU. They take account of the 
general principles set out in Chapter 4.2 and recommendations concerning the 
identification systems and traceability provided in Chapter 4.3 of the OIE 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conf orm to the relevant international standard?  
[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) : 28 June 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 5 December 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 25 December 2019 ; Date of application: 21  April 2021 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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: +(322) 2954 263  
Fax: +(322) 2998 090  
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: +(322) 2954 263  
Fax: +(322) 2998 090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu