G/SPS/N/EU/404  
6 August 2020  
(20-5429) 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):  Feed and food from third countries affected by the accident at the 
Chernobyl nuclear power station . 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Kosovo1 , North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, 
Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain excluding Northern Ireland.2 
1This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 
and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.  
2Applicable as from the day following that on which Union law ceases to apply to and in the United 
Kingdom pursuant to the Withdrawal Agreement.  
5. Title of the notified document:  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) on the 
conditions governing imports  of food and feed originating in third countries following the 
accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station (Text with EEA relevance) . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  9 + 9  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_4704_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_4704_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Commission Implementing Regulation establishes a 
maximum level applicable to import of feed and food from affected third countries and 
imposes conditi ons as regards the import of wild mushrooms and wild forest berries. The 
measures provided in the Regulation replaces existing measures and provides for a 
lowering of the frequency of controls at import.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/EU/404  
 
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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) :  
[ ] 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  
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) : August 2020.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : August 2020.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 3rd day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Union.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
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 oth er body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 29 54263  
Fax: +(322) 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: +(322) 29 54263  
Fax: +(322) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu