G/SPS/N/EU/301  
 
23 January 2019  
(19-0375) 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): Animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-
products, composite products, hay and straw, plants and plant products  
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 Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by derogating 
from the rules on the designation of control points and from the minimum requirements 
for border control posts (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s): English.  Number of 
pages: 6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_0416_00_e.pd f 
6. Description of content: Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on Official Controls (OCR) 
establishes a harmonised legislative framework for the organisation and performance of 
official controls and other official activities to verify compliance with Union agri -food chain 
legislation. This includes rules for official controls performed on animals and goods that 
must be subject to official controls at border control posts when entering the Union from 
third countries.  
Among those rules, there is the obligation for Member States to designate border control 
posts, provided that those border control posts comply with certain requirements, and to 
withdraw in full or in part the designation where those requirements are no longer met.  
This Commission Delegated Regulation is based on the empowerments set out in 
Articles  62(3), 64(2) and 64(5) of the OCR, which give powers to the Commission to adopt 
delegated acts to specify the cases where and the conditions under which certain 
derogations and exemptions from border control  posts requirements can be granted for 
their designation.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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) :  G/SPS/N/EU/301  
 
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  [ ] 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 d eviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Foreseen first quarter of 2019.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Foreseen second quarter of 2019.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 March 2019  
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 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. Text(s) available from: [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 International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu