G/SPS/N/EU/633  
26 April 2023  
(23-2934) 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 animal origin  
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:  Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II 
and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards specific hygiene r equirements for certain fresh meat, fishery products, dairy 
products and eggs (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_9265_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_9265_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The main purposes of the revision are to:  
− introduce specific req uirements for dry -ageing of beef, subject to a transitional period;  
− amend the transport conditions of carcases and certain cuts of domestic ungulates and 
harmonise the testing of the surface temperature of such meat;  
− allow the transport of farmed game slau ghtered on the farm, to be transported to a 
game handing establishment;  
− introduce alternative options to demonstrate the effectiveness of heat treatments of 
milk; 
− allow the flavouring of eggs under certain conditions;  
− introduce provisions to slightly decrease the temperature for slicing fresh or processed 
fishery products or to increase the temperature of frozen fishery products and the 
prohibition to store or transport fishery products at that temporarily technologically -
required temperature.  
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, identi fy the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
− General Principles of Food Hygiene and its HACCP Annex (CXC 1 -1969)  
− Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat (CAC/RCP 58 -2005)  
− Code of Practice for fish and fishery products (CAC/RCP 52 -2003)  G/SPS/N/EU/633  
 
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  [ ] 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?  
[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:  
Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004. Latest consolidated version, available in all languages of 
the European  Union  at https://eur -lex.euro pa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1592561247432&uri=CELEX%3A02004R0853 -20190726 . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 3rd quarter 2023.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 4th quarter 2023.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months fr om date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days following its 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) : 25 June 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
avail able) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
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 A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart  101 
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu