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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/286 
7 July 2006 
 (06-3272) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Comm unities.  Health and Consumer 
Protection 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):  Fish oil [HS:  1504], Crude vegetable oil [HS:  1507 to 1516], Fish meal 
[HS:  2301];  Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding [HS:  2309].  ICS:  25.120 Animal feeding stuffs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the European Communiti es (EC) and third countries exporting the 
products concerned to the EC. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Directive amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/E C of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards maximum levels for or ganochlorine compounds in animal feed 
(SANCO/1524/2006 - revision 1, 6 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This proposal amends the current pr ovisions as regards the levels of 
endosulfan for crude vegetable oil a nd of aldrin/dieldrin in fish oil and fish feed.  It was also 
necessary to clarify the denomination of fats in order to make clear the coverage of this category of feed materials.  
The other provisions as regards the organochl orine compounds are existing provisions (are 
mentioned in the current proposal for reasons of clarity). 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  A Codex standard for these substances does not 
exist.  The proposed Community measures res pond to the advice of the Scientific Panel on 
contaminants in the Food Chain of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). G/SPS/N/EEC/286 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European 
Commission Document SANCO/1524/2006 rev.1 (avail able in English).  When adopted it 
will be published in the Offi cial Journal available at:  
http://europa.eu.int/eur-l ex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2006
. 
Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on 
undesirable substances in animal feed.  A cons olidated text (26/12/2005) is available at
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site /en/consleg/2002/L/02 002L0032-20051226-en.pdf .  
Opinion of the Scientific Panel on contaminan ts in the Food Chain of the European Food 
Safety Authority (EFSA) on a requ est from the Commission related to:  
- aldrin and dieldrin  as undesirable substance in animal feed, (9 November 2005) 
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/contam/contam_opinions/1251/contam_op_ej285_al
drinanddieldrin_en1.pdf  
- endosulfan  as undesirable substance in animal feed, (20 June 2005) 
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/contam/contam_opinions/1025/contam_op_ej234_en
dosulfan_en_updated21.pdf  
- gamma-HCH and other hexachlorocyclohexanes  as undesirable substance in 
animal feed, (4 July 2005) http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/contam/contam_opinions/1039/contam_op_ej250_he
xachlorocyclohexanes_en2.pdf  
- endrin  as undesirable substance in animal feed, (9 November 2005) 
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/contam/contam_opinions/1252/contam_op_ej286_en
drin_en1.pdf  
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  October 2006 (at this time it is not  possible to estimate a more 
specific date). 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  October 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: