. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/345 
23 July 2009  
 (09-3616) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities.  Health & Consumers 
Directorate-General, Directorate E – Safety of the food chain 
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):  Feedingstuffs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  "Commission Directive 2009/8/EC of 10 February 2009 
amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of th e European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards maximum levels of unavoidable carry- over of coccidiostats or histomonostats in 
non-target feed"  Language:  English  Number of pages:  7 
EN:  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:040:0019:0025:EN:PDF  
FR:  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:040:0019:0025:FR:PDF  
ES:  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:040:0019:0025:ES:PDF  
 or 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2461_00_e.pdf
 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2461_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2461_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Due to the fact that the unavoidabl e carry-over of coccidiostats or 
histomonostats into non-target feed (i.e. feed in which the use of the coccidiostat/histomonostat was not intended) ma y result in the presence of these substances 
as contaminants in derived food of non-target animal species (i.e. animal species for which 
the use of the coccidiostat/histomonostat is not authorised and/or intended), it is 
appropriate to take a comprehensive and inte grated approach to address the issue through 
the simultaneous adoption and application of th is Directive setting maximum levels for the 
unavoidable carry-over of coccidiostats or hi stomonostats into non-target feed and the 
Commission Regulation setting maximum levels for the resulting presence of these 
substances in food of animal origin of non-target species. G/SPS/N/EEC/345 
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   The provisions provided in Annex should be reviewed by 1 July 2011 at the latest to take 
account of developments in sci entific and technical knowledge.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] 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 stan dard?  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 Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] 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) :  10 February 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  11 February 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2009 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  Establishment of tolerance levels following the 
unavoidable carry-over in non-target feed.  In  the absence of these tolerance levels, the zero 
tolerance applies. 
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Comments welcome anytime in view of the foreseen 
review. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu