G/SPS/N/ESP/7  
10 July 2019 
(19-4572) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : SPAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, 
Dirección general de Sanidad de la Producción Agraria  (Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries, Food and the Environment, Directorate -General of Agrarian Health)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in additi on, 
where applicable) : Live bovine animals (HS code 102) - ICS numbers 65.020.30 and 
11.220  
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 : Proyecto de real decreto por el que se establecen las 
bases de las actuaciones de prevención, control y erradicación de la rinotraqueítis 
infecciosa bovina y se establece un programa nacional voluntario de lucha contra la 
enfermedad  (Draft royal decree establishing the basis for actions to prevent, control and 
eradicate infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) and establishing a voluntary national IBR 
control programme) . Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/ESP/19_3848_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The draft royal decree establishes the basis for actions to 
prevent, control and eradicate infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) in cattle farms in 
Spain.  
Under Commission Decision 2004/558/CE of 1 5 July 2 004 implementing Council 
Directive  64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra -Community trade in 
bovin e animals, the presence of the disease entails significant trade constraints . 
Specifically, unless a series of specific sanitary measures is carried out, the marketing of 
semen, ova and embryos from seropositive herds and the transport of infected live 
animals are prohibited to countries or zones that have been declared free from IBR or 
that have an approved control and eradication programme.  
An increasing number of European countries have control and eradication programmes in 
place. It is therefore necessa ry to establish a national framework for the initiation of an 
IBR prevention, control and eradication programme that offers the necessary guarantees 
for IBR control efforts to be carried out uniformly in farms throughout Spain.  
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/ESP/7  
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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 Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapters 5.1., 5.3, 5.7 and 11.8 of 
the Terrestrial Animal Health Code.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  
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:  
https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/ganaderia/pa rticipacion -publica/Proyecto_RD_IBR.aspx  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 31 December 2 019 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2 020 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 2 January 2 020 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 8 September 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
European Commission  
Directorate -General for Health and Food Safety, Unit D2  
Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B -1049 Brussels  
Tel.: (+32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: (+32 2) 29 98090  
Email : sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number a nd email address (if available) of other body:  
European Commission  
Directorate -General for Health and Food Safety, Unit D2  
Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B -1049 Brussels  
Tel.: (+32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: (+32 2) 29 98090  
Email : sps@ec.europa.eu