G/SPS/N/MNE/2  
 
5 June 2018 
(18-3396) 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): Products of animal origin (frogs, legs, snails, gelatine and collagen)  
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: Draft Amendments to the Regulation on Special 
Requirements for Hygiene for Animal Products . Language(s): Montenegrin.  Number of 
pages:  
6. Description of content: These Amendments modify the lists of third countries, parts of 
third countries and territories  which are authorized to introduce into Montenegro,  certain 
products of animal origin intended for human consumption, laying down certificate 
requirements.  
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 st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/MNE/2  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 of 28 April 2016 drawing up lists 
of third countries, parts of third countries and territories from which member States 
are to authorise the introduction into the Union of certain products of animal origin 
intended for human consumption, laying down certificate requirements, amending 
Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 and repealing Decision 2003/812/EC (Text with EEA 
relevance)  
 Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 amending Regulation (EC) 
No 2074 /2005 as regards official controls on fishery products caught by vessels flying 
the flag of a member State and introduced into Union after being transferred in third 
countries and establishing a model health certificate for those products (Text with EEA 
relevance)  
 Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 amending Annex III to 
Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) detection 
method (Text with EEA relevance)  
 Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/185 of 2 February 201 7 laying down transitional 
measures for the application of certain provisions of Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 
and (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA 
relevance)  
 Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1978 of 31 October 20 17 amending Annex III to 
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying 
down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin as regard echinoderms harvested 
outside classified production areas (Text with EEA relevance)  
 Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1981 of 31 October 2017 amending Annex III to 
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
temperature conditions during transport of meat (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 numbe r 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/ .