G/SPS/N/EU/412  
1 September 2020  
(20-5932) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
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):  Aquatic animals  
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 (EU) 2020/691 of 
30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and 
of the Council as regards rules for aquaculture establishments and transporters of aquatic 
animals (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s): English, French, Spanish . 
Number of pages: 34 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_5181_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_5181_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_5181_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation supplements rules that are already laid 
down in the EU Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/429) concerning registration and 
approval of aquaculture establishments, record keeping including traceability obligations 
for operators, registers of aquaculture establishments and transporters of aqu atic animals 
in the EU. In that regard it lays down the rules for:  
(a) the approval of certain aquaculture establishments in the EU keeping aquaculture 
animals posing a significant animal health risk and derogations therefrom;  
(b) the information to be inc luded in the registers of registered and approved aquaculture 
establishments to be kept by the competent authorities of the EU Member States;  
(c) record -keeping obligations of operators of aquaculture establishments and transporters 
of aquatic animals inte nded for those establishments and for release into the wild in the  EU; 
(d) transitional measures.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect terri tory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:   G/SPS/N/EU/412  
 
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  9. 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 co nform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international 
standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
23 June 2020 / 21 April 2021  
Date of adoption: 30/01/2020; Date of publication: 03/06/2020 . 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. 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: +(322) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
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 av ailable) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu