G/SPS/N/EU/74  
 
22 April 2014  
(14-2434)  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 Consumers Directorate-
General 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Bovine semen (HS Code: 051110) 
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 Implementing Decision 2014/199/EU of 
9 April 2014 amending the Annexes to Implementing Decision 2011/630/EU as regards animal health requirements relating to bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease 
(Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L108, 11 April 2014, p. 56)  Language(s): English, 
Spanish and French  Number of pages: 11 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_1998_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_1998_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_1998_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: Imports into and transit through the European Union of 
consignments of bovine semen collected from donor bulls complying with more than one condition for declaring the absence of the bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic 
disease, listed in the health attestation in Part II of the model animal health certificate 
set out in Section A of Part 1 of Annex II to Implementing Decision 2011/630/EU, as they provide the same level of animal health guarantees. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] 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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  The Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 
Section 4  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/EU/74 
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] 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) : 9 April 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 April 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Consumers, Unit G6-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. Texts 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 Consumers, Unit G6-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