G/SPS/N/EU/579  
 
15 July 2022  
(22-5413) 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):  Certain composite products  
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1219 
of 14 July 2022 amending Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 as 
regards model certificates for the e ntry into and transit through the Union of consignments 
of certain composite products (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English, French 
and Spanish . Number of pages:  23 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4692_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4692_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4692_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Regulation aligns the treatments required for entry into and  
transit through the Union of dairy products contained in certain composite products and 
clarifies some other requirements for the entry into and transit through the Union of those 
products in the relevant model certificates.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] 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:  
[X] Codex Alim entarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Terrestrial Animal Health Code: Chapter 5.10.  
[ ] 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 stand ard:  G/SPS/N/EU/579  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 14 July 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 16 July 2022  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [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  
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