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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/356/Add.1 
29 March 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 24 March 2010, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the European Union
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Bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine animals and non domestic ruminants (HS Codes 0102 to 0104 and 
0106); meat and edible meat offal from bovine, ov ine, caprine, porcine and equines animals (HS 
Codes 0201 to 0206); minced meat of bovine, ovin e and caprine animals (HS Codes 0201, 0202 and 
0204); game meat from farmed suidae and other clov en-hoofed animals, and from wild suidae, other 
cloven-hoofed animals and solipeds (Game meat  subheading HS Codes 020890) and certain 
Artiodactylae and Proboscidae animals, and qu een bees and bumble bees (HS Code 010619 and 
010690).  More details of the HS Codes are provided in the certificates  
 The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/356 (18 September 2009) has been adopted as 
"Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 Ma rch 2010 laying down lists of third countries, 
territories or parts thereof authorized for the introd uction into the European Union of certain animals 
and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements" (OJ L 73, 20 March 2010, p. 1-121). 
 It will enter into force on 9 April 2010.  This Regulation replaces Council Decision 79/ 542/EEC (OJ L 146, 14 June 1979, p. 15-17) 
and Commission Decision 2003/881/EC (OJ L 328, 17 December 2003, p. 26-31). 
 There are no substantial amendments in th e import requirements in the Regulation (EU) 
No 206/2010 compared to those Decisions. 
 When the Commission Regulation enters into force, Council Decision 79/542/EEC and 
Decision 2003/881/EC will lapse and no longer appl y. However, for a transitional period until 
30 June 2010, consignments of live animals and of  fresh meat intended for human consumption in 
respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates  have been issued in accordance with Decisions 
79/542/EEC or 2003/881/EC, may continue to be introduced into the European Union.  As from 
1 July 2010 only consignments being accompanied with certificates drawn up in accordance with the 
models laid down in Regulation (E U) No 206/2010 will be allowed to enter the European Union.   
 While Decision 2003/881/EC is repealed by Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, Council Decision 
79/542/EEC is in the process of being revoked by a Decision of the European Parliament and the 
Council for reasons of legal clarity.  This process is expected to be completed by 30 June 2010. 
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This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, 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 th e 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.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e 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 applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [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 D3 – In ternational questions  (multilateral)  
 Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels 
 Tel:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59922  Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090  E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 European Commission 
 DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 – In ternational questions  (multilateral)  
 Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels  Tel:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59922  Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 
 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  
 
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