G/SPS/N/EU/43/Add.2  
 
26 April 2017  
(17-2271) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Ph ytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 25 April 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the European Union . 
 
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Official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application  of food and feed 
law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products  
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/43 (17 May 2013) is  now adopted as Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March  2017 on official controls 
and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on 
animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection prod ucts, amending Regulations 
(EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)  No 106 9/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, 
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and 
Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 200 7/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and 
repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 
96/93/EC and 97/78/ EC and Cou ncil Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with 
EEA relevance) [OJ L 95, 7 April 2017, p. 1].  
This Regulation applies from 27 April 2017.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adopti on, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Und er 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applic able G/SPS/N/EU/43/Add.2  
 
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  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 -Multilate ral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail ad dress (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) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
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