G/SPS/N/EU/341  
 
7 August 2019  
(19-5141) 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):  Feed materials and feed additives  
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 Regulation (EU) amending and correcting 
Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
maximum levels for certain undesirable substances in animal feed . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  4+5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_4237_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/EEC/19_4237_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft Regulation amends and establishes  maximum levels 
of several undesirable substances in certain feed materials and feed additives arsenic in 
leonardite, peat and dimanganese chloride trihydroxide, fluorine in calcareous marine 
algae, mercury in canned wet feed material for direct feeding of dogs and cats, gossypol 
in whole cottonseed and dioxins, sum of dioxins and dioxin -like PCBs and for non -dioxin-
like PCBs in feed additives belonging to the functional group of binders and anti -caking 
agents. In addition errors as regards provisions on lead, introduced by the previous 
amendment to the Directive, are corrected by this Regulation.  
7. Objective and  rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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 Convent ion (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/EU/341  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The document is available in all Union languages.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : november 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : november 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 20 days after its 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) : 6 October 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) 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  
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) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu