G/SPS/N/GEO/25  
 
17 December 2021  
(21-9472) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  GEORGIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environmental protection and agriculture of Georgia 
(MEPA) and National Food Safety Authority of Georgia  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provi ded in addition, 
where applicable):  Feed additive s 
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:  On additives used in animal nutrition . Language(s):  
Georgian and English . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/GEO/21_7760_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/GEO/21_7760_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This rule establishes the rules for the use and placing on the 
market of animal feed additives and premixes, as well as labeling and supervision.  
The placing on the market, processing or use of animal feed additives is prohibited unless:  
a) animal feed additives are not authorized by the European Union and are not listed in 
the Register under Article 7 defined by this rule;  
b) the conditions of use defined by this rule, including the general conditions defined in 
Annex N3 to this rule (unless otherwise provided by the authorization), and the 
authorization of the substance (su bstance) is protected;  
c) the requirements related to label ling defined by this rule are met.  
Draft is adopted under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement 
and was elaborated according to  Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal 
nutrition (Text with EEA  relevance) . 
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? I f 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) :  G/SPS/N/GEO/25  
 
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  [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 stand ard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2024  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 February 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: