G/SPS/N/EU/729  
23 February 2024  
(24-1650) 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):  Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS code(s): 2309)  
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 Implementing Regulation withdrawing 
from the market certain feed additives (Text with EEA relevance) . Languag e(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_01642_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_01642_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft act concerns the w ithdrawal from the EU market of a 
series of feed additives, due to the lack of application for re -authorization of those 
products submitted before the deadline laid down in Article 10(2) of Regulation 
(EC) No 1831/2003 – or the withdrawal by the applicant of a submitted application for 
re-authorization. This measure is required by the regime set out in Article 10 of Regulation 
(EC) No 1831/2003 with regard to the status of 'existing products', i.e. additives which 
were allowed under the previous Directive 7 0/524/EEC. Transitional periods are laid down 
for the interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the requirement concerning the 
withdrawal from the market of the products concerned.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or ser ial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding 
CAC/RCP  54-2004 
[ ] 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?  G/SPS/N/EU/729  
 
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  [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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : June 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication of the act 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) : 23 April 2024  
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 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