G/SPS/N/MKD/6  
 
13 March 2019  
(19-1547) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: NORTH MACEDONIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Food and Veterinary Agency of the Republic of North Macedonia  
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): Foods  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent rele vant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Rulebook laying down general requirements for 
establishing mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence 
of acrylamide in food . Language(s): Madedonian.  Number of pages: 4 + 28  
6. Description of content: This Rulebook establishes mitigation measures to be applied by 
food business operators to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food and establishes 
benchmark l evels as performance indicators to be used to verify the effectiveness of the 
mitigation measures.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect terr itory 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 serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Code of Practice for the Reduction of Acrylamide in 
Foods (CAC/RCP 67 -2009)  
[ ] 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?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/MKD/6  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are av ailable: 
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2158 of 20 November 2017 establishing mitigation 
measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide in food.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : One day after its publication in the Official Journal of the Republic 
of North Macedonia.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] Natio nal Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: