G/SPS/N/MKD/12  
 
21 November 2019  
(19-7931) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  NORTH MACEDONIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Veterinary Agency of the Republic of North Macedonia  
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 
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:  Law amending the Law on food safety . Language(s):  
Macedonian . Number of pages:  97 
6. Description of content:  This Law lays down the general principles governing food and 
feed safety, the general and specific hygiene requirements for food, the organizational 
structures of the food safety system and the official controls on food and feed.  
7. Objective and rationa le: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] 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  
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:   
− Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, 
establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in 
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  − Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
15 March  2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the 
application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and 
plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, 
(EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, 
(EU) No 652/2014, (EU)  2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and 
Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 
2008/120/EC, and repealing Regul ations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 
89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and 
Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : On the day of its publication in the Official Journal (OJ) of North 
Macedonia. It shall apply three months after the date of publication in the OJ.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation o f the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: