G/SPS/N/EU/677  
2 August 2023  
(23-5262) 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):  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:  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1173 
of 15 June 2023 withdrawing from the market certain feed additives, amending Regula tion 
(EC) No 1810/2005 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1453/2004, (EC) No 2148/2004 
and (EC) No 943/2005 . Language(s):  English, French and Spanish . Number of 
pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_11449_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_11449_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_11449_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The act concerns the withdrawal from the EU market of a series 
of feed additives f or administrative reasons, due to the lack of application for re -
authorisation of those products submitted before the deadline laid down in Article 10(2) 
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 – or the withdrawal by the applicant of a submitted 
application for re -authorisation. Transitional periods are laid down for the interested 
parties to prepare themselves to meet the requirement concerning the withdrawal from 
the market of the products concerned.  
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) :  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/EU/677  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform 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) : 15 June 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 16 June 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation entered into force on the twentieth day following 
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.  
[ ] 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 a ddress 
(if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
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 A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu