G/SPS/N/EU/571  
 
20 June 2022  
(22-4747) 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):  Live animals and food of animal origin  
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 (EU) 
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
with specific req uirements for the performance of official controls on the use of 
pharmacologically active substances authorised as veterinary medicinal products or as feed 
additives and of prohibited or unauthorised pharmacologically active substances and 
residues thereof  (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  
7+12  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4172_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4172_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Official controls must be performed by the competent authorities  
regularly, on a risk basis and with appropriate frequency. This draft delegated Regulation 
provides additional requirements (based on Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625) to 
those laid down in a related draft implementing Regulation (notification G/ SPS/N/EU/572). 
This draft delegated act lays down rules on specific requirements for the performance of 
official controls in the production process of animals and targeted towards primary 
products of animal origin, on the use of pharmacologically active su bstances, authorized as 
veterinary medicinal products or feed additives, and on the use of prohibited or 
unauthorized pharmacologically active substances, and on the residues of such 
substances, regarding combination of substance groups and commodities gro ups, and 
relevant criteria to be considered for sampling strategy  
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 pest s.  
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) :  G/SPS/N/EU/571  
 
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  [ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Estimated September 2022.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Estimated October 2022.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 15 December 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 August 2022  
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