G/TBT/N/SVN/113  
13 September 2021  
(21-6728) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SLOVENIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Dunajska cesta 22, 
1000 Ljubljana, Tel.: 01/478 93 11, Fax.: 01/478 91 55, e -mail: a.poljansek@gov.si  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat, 
meat products and other animal produce (ICS 67.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document:  Selected quality, 
specification for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of small cattle and meat products from 
meat of small cattle (sheep and goats) V1 (number of pages: 17) (17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  A specification was prepared by producers and breeders of small 
cattle (goats and sheep), represented by the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of 
Slovenia, and processors, represented by the Association of the meat industry of Slovenia. 
The specification was also approved b y the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce.  
The specification prescribes additional requirements for breeding of small cattle and 
labeling of meat and meat products with an indication "selected quality". Additional 
requirements relate mainly to breeding small cat tle, a minimum period of pasture, a list 
of individual feed that may not be used, a transportation time and additional animal health 
requirements.  
The specification also prescribes conditions for additional labeling with the indication "farm 
product", which requires products to be produced on a farm, dealing with processing, with 
a maximum of three employees, animals must be born and reared on the farm, meat and 
meat products must be smoked in a classical way with smoke, meat must be cured usi ng 
a dry or wet process. It is not allowed to add artificial flavors, extracts, colors, flavor 
enhancers, ripening accelerators and other technological additives (carob flour, soy and 
milk proteins, starch, etc).  
The specification refers to the labeling of  meat and meat products from small cattle when 
animals were born, raised, slaughtered and processed in the same country. Requirements 
of specification thus relate to the labeling of the country of production and processing of 
the basic raw material. The in dication of the country of production and processing is 
interchangeable when the production and processing of the basic raw material take place 
in the same country.  G/TBT/N/SVN/113  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Rules on the procedure for the recognition of "selected quality" designation  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 November 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
TRIS database: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2021&num=404  
 
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contact@sist.si  
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