G/SPS/N/EU/357  
 
15 October 2019  
(19-6668) Page: 1/3 
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):  Live animals, pro ducts of animal origin, animal by -products, 
germinal products, composite products, hay and straw, food and feed of non -animal 
origin, plants, plant products and other objects  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practic able: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules 
for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and 
onward transportation through the  Union, and amending Commission Regulations 
(EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No  119/2009, (EU) No  206/2010, 
(EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No  142/2011, (EU) No  28/2012, Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC ( Text with EEA 
relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  35 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_5652_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  It follows from Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls 
and other official activities performed to ensure the application of requirements of animal 
health and welfare, plant health, food and feed, that certain consignments of animals, 
products of animal origin, animal by -products, germinal products, composite pro ducts, 
hay and straw, food and feed of non -animal origin, plants, plant products and other 
objects should be subject to specific official controls at the border control posts.  
This draft Delegated Regulation lays down:  
− the cases and conditions under which onward transportation may be authorised by 
the border control posts of consignments of food and feed of non -animal origin, 
plants, plant products and other objects to the place of final destination pending the 
availability of the results of physical checks ; 
− specific time limits and control arrangements at the border control posts on 
consignments of animals, products of animal origin, animal by -products, germinal 
products, composite products, hay and straw, plants, plant products and other objects 
entering the Union by sea or by air transport from a third country, when those 
consignments are moved from a vessel or aircraft and are transported under customs 
supervision to another vessel or aircraft in the same port or airport in preparation for 
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  − the cases and conditions under which documentary checks, identity checks and 
physical checks should be performed at the border control posts of consignments of 
animals arriving by air or sea and staying on the same means of transport and which 
are intended for onward travel to third country or another European Union country ; 
− the cases and conditions under which transit of consignments of animals, products of 
animal origin, animal by -products, germ inal products, composite products, hay and 
straw, plants, plant products and other objects may be authorised by the border 
control posts and certain official controls to be performed on such consignments, 
including during the storage in approved warehouses  or in free zones.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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, chapte r 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 standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after 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) : Forty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
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 other body:   
European Commission  
DG 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  
E-mail: sps@ec.e uropa.eu  G/SPS/N/EU/357  
 
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  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: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu