G/SPS/N/MNE/28  
 
5 June 2018 
(18-3402) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: MONTENEGRO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
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 for special medical purposes  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to t he extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Amendments to the Foodstuffs Regulation for Special 
Nutritional Purposes . Language(s): Montenegrin.  Number of pages:  
6. Description of content: These Amendments modify  some specific compositional and 
information requirements for food for special medical purposes: requirements on pesticides 
in food for special medical purposes developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of 
infants and young children; specific requirements on food information; specific 
requirements on the nutrition declaration; specific requirem ents for food for special 
medical purposes developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protec t territory from 
other damage from pests.  
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 standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If n o, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/MNE/28  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 of 25 September 2015 supplementing 
Regulation  (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical 
purposes (Text with EEA relevance)   
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: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 August 2018 
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:  
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:   
The text is available at the official website of  the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Montenegro: http://www.minpolj.gov.me/rubrike/STO_WTO/ .