G/SPS/N/EU/361  
20 December 2019  
(19-8909) 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):  products of animal origin for human consumption  
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 Decision (EU) 2019/2098 
of 28 November 2019 on temporary animal health requirements for consignments of 
products of animal origin for hu man consumption originating in and returning to the Union 
following a refusal of entry by a third country (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  
English, French, Spanish . Number of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_7347_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_7347_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_7347_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Commission implementing Decision lays down temporary 
animal health requirements for consignments of products of animal origin for human 
consumption or iginating from and returning to the Union following refusal of entry by 
third country. It aims to ensure that unloading, storage and re -loading of these products 
in third countries would not lead to risks for the spread and introduction into the Union of 
pathogens of certain listed animal diseases. It does not lay down import requirements for 
products of animal origin for human consumption, which were produced in and by third 
countries themselves.  
The animal health requirements in the Decision are close to,  and largely replace in more 
specific terms, already existing requirements (which are more general and which are 
repealed as from 14 December 2019 by Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council). The Decision is temporary in its nature bridging only the 
period from 14 December 2019 until 21 April 2021. From 21 April 2021 new animal health 
requirements for live animals and certain products of animal origin originating from and 
returning to the Union following refusal of entry by th ird country will be applicable. Those 
are laid down as part of a Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation 
(EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of Council as regards rules for the entry 
into the Union, movement and handling after the  entry of certain animals, germinal 
products and products of animal origin from third countries or territories. That Delegated 
Regulation was notified earlier as G/SPS/N/EU/329.  G/SPS/N/EU/361  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant pro tection, 
[ ] 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:  
[ ] 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 no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and lan guage(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 28 November 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 9 December 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 9 December 2019 Date of application : from 14/12/19 to 20 April 
2021 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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 Internationa l Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
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 avai lable) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -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