G/SPS/N/EU/356  
 
15 October 2019  
(19-6667) 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):  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 practicable : 
[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 the cases where and the conditions under which identity checks and physical checks 
on certain goods may be performed at control points and documentary checks may be 
performed at distance from border control posts (Text with EEA relevance) . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_5650_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 food, 
feed and plant health that certain consignments of food and feed of non -animal origin, 
plants, plant products and other objects should be subject to official controls at the border 
control posts. In certain cases identity checks and physical checks of these consignments 
may be performed at designated control points other than border control posts.  
This Delegated Regulation lays down specific rules for identity checks an d physical checks 
performed at designated control points on consignments of plants, plant products, and 
other objects referred to in Article 47(1)(c) and (e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and food 
and feed of non -animal origin subject to the measures provide d for by the acts referred 
to in Article 47(1)(d)(e) and (f) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. This Delegated Regulation 
also stipulates requirements for documentary checks performed at distance from the 
border control post on consignments of plants, plant prod ucts, and other objects referred 
to in Article 47(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.  
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 oth er damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/EU/356  
 
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  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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] 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.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