G/SPS/N/EU/415  
 
2 October 2020  
(20-6701) 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):  All food  
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:  Draft Commission Regulation amending Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2019/625 as regards import conditions for live snails, for composite 
products and for casings placed on the market for human consumption . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_5867_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The revision aims at adapting the Delegated Regulation (EC) 
No 2019/625 with regard to requirements for the entry into the Union of consignments of 
certain animals and goods intended for human consumption to introduce import 
conditions for live snails tha t are intended for human consumption as for processed snails. 
To ensure the protection of the health of European consumers there is a need to list 
authorised third countries exporting live snails in the European Union. An official 
certificate shall accompa ny such consignments  
The amendment also adds Harmonized System codes for composite products, clarifies the 
categories of composite products accompanied by a certificate, and adapts the import 
conditions for casings with regard to the raw materials they are  derived from.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] 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:  
[ ] 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) :  
[ ] Interna tional Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/EU/415  
 
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  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:  
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625. Latest consolidated version, available 
in all languages of the European Union at https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0625   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1st quarter 2021 (provisional, pending on 
the adoption of the mentioned Codex codes of practice).  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1st quarter 2021 (provisional, pending 
on the adoption of the mentioned Codex codes of practice).  
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. Requirements on casings and composite products shall apply from 21 April 2021.  
[ ] Trade facilitating  measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 December 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. A ddress, 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   
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