G/SPS/N/EU/92  
 
16 July 2014  
(14-4108)  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 Consumers Directorate-
General 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pediococcus pentosaceus  (NCIMB 30068) and 
Pediococcus pentosaceus  (NCIMB 30044) 
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) 
No 754/2014 of 11 July 2014 concerning the denial of authorisation of Pediococcus 
pentosaceus  (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus  (NCIMB 30044) as feed 
additives (Text with EEA relevance)  Language(s): English, French and Spanish  
Number of pages: 2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_3151_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_3151_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_3151_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: After evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority 
(EFSA), the authorisation of the micro-organisms Pediococcus pentosaceus  
(NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus  (NCIMW 30044) used as silage additives is 
denied on the grounds that they are resistant to tetracycline, an antibiotic used in human and veterinary medicine. 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: The European 
Food Safety Authority concluded that the above products are resistant to an antibiotic 
(tetracyclin) used in human and veterinary medicine and that, on the basis of the 
available data, the risk cannot be excluded that this resistance may be spread to other micro-organisms. Therefore, the safety cond itions for authorisation of those additives 
are no longer met and the Commission has decided to urgently adopt a measure in order 
to withdraw them from the EU market. G/SPS/N/EU/92 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) Task Force on Animal Feeding (TFAF), 
Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TFAMR) 
[ ] 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 standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:   
 Scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Pediococcus pentosaceus  
(NCIMB 30068) as a silage additive for all animal species (EFSA Journal 
2014;12(3):3609). English text available at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal  
 Scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Pediococcus pentosaceus  
(NCIMB 30044) as a silage additive for all animal species (EFSA Journal 
2014;12(3):3610). English text available at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal  
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
1 August 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Consumers, Unit G6-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. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6-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