G/TBT/N/SWE/128  
 
6 June 2014  
(14-3307)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: SWEDEN  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible: Jordbruksverket 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :  
Kommerskollegium 
Box 6803, 113 86 Stockholm 
Sverige Tel: 08-690 48 00 Fax: 08-30 67 59 
E-post: kommerskollegium@kommers.se  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
 Windows or other daylight sources 
 Lighting devices for artificial lighting 
 Individual pens and huts for calves 
 Alarm and emergency ventilation in calve houses 
 Pens for cattle 
 Cubicles for adult cattle with a maximum weight of 400 kg 
 Slatted floors for cattle 
 Alarm and emergency ventilation in pig houses 
 Pens for farrowing sows 
 Pens for dry pregnant sow 
 Open shed for outwintering sheep 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulations 
amending the Swedish Board of Agriculture's regulations and general advice (SJVFS 
2010:15) on animal husbandry within agriculture, etc. (13 pages, in Swedish) 
6. Description of content: 
Cattle: Amended regulations for calves confined in individual pens or huts. An exemption 
is introduced from the requirement of alarm system in mechanically ventilated houses 
where calves and cows are kept together. The exception applies, however, only if the 
emergency ventilation system works automatically without manual intervention, and 
provided that the system ensures that the calves health and welfare are not 
compromised.  
Some minor changes are also made to the provisions relating to group pens, cubicles for 
adult cattle and the design of slatted floors.  G/TBT/N/SWE/128 
 
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  Pigs: Amended regulations concerning how pens for farrowing sows with piglets may be 
designed. The proposal also includes measurement requirements for sows kept in groups 
so that a higher livestock density is allowed compared to the previous regulation. Further 
exemptions from the requirement of alarm syst em in mechanically ventilated barns with 
pigs are also introduced. 
Sheep: Amended measurement requirements concerning open shed for outwintering 
sheep. The change means that the size of an open shed is depending on the extent of 
feeding in the shed. 
Poultry: Amended regulations concerning the design and function in terms of daylighting 
and lighting in poultry houses. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The purpose of the regulations relating to cattle is to improve the animals' 
ability to behave more naturally and to ensure that their needs of social contact are met. 
This while the level of detail in the regulations is reduced so that farmers can choose alternative solutions to meet the requiremen ts. For the regulations concerning pigs the 
intended changes mainly are to ensure that pigs are housed with adequate lighting 
conditions and to improve the hygiene in the pens / piglet health. The amendments also 
aim to allow more alternative ways of keeping sows. The amendment relating to sheep is 
relatively small and is designed to make the regulation evident. The amendments 
relevant to poultry aim mainly to ensure that the hens' need of light and the pullets' need of perches and litter are met. 
8. Relevant documents:  Regulations amending the Swedish Board of Agriculture's 
regulations and general advice (SJVFS 2010:15) on animal husbandry within agriculture, etc. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    1 November 2014 2 May 2015 
10. Final date for comments: 4 September 2014 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:   
http://www.kommers.se  
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