G/SPS/N/EU/444  
 
18 November 2020  
(20-8272) 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):  Products of bovin e, ovine and caprine animal origin listed in Section 
A of Chapter C of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Countries and regions with a controlled BSE risk.  
5. Title of the notified document:  Commission Regulation amending Annexes III, V, VII 
and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards genotyping of  positive TSE cases in goats, the determination of age in ovine and 
caprine animals, the measures applicable in a herd or flock with atypical scrapie and the 
conditions for imports of products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin (Text with EEA 
relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_7018_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_7018_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendment in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 
999/200 1 is the only part of the text with a possible impact on international trade. The 
proposal will ensure full consistency of the EU import conditions of products derived from 
ruminants originating from a country with undetermined BSE risk, whether the produc ts 
are imported directly from this country or from a country with negligible or controlled BSE 
risk. To this aim, two additional conditions will become applicable to these products 
imported from a controlled BSE risk country:  
− the animals have not been fed with meat -and-bone meal or greaves,  
− the products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they did 
not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues 
exposed during the deboning process.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
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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 Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : TAHC Chapter 11.4., Article 11.4.12.  
[ ] Intern ational Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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:  
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) : 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 January 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.e u  
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) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu