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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/318 
21 November 2007  
 (07-5123) 
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 Communities.  Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General Directorate D – Animal Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species (HS 0511) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Member States of the Europ ean Communities (EC) and Australia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, 
Iceland, Greenland, New Ze aland, Saint Pierre and Mi quelon, Switzerland and the 
United States 
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Decision on imports of semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species into the 
Community as regards lists of third countrie s and of semen collection centres and embryo 
collection teams, and cert ification requirements  [SANCO/10190/2007-Rev. 3] (available in 
English, 18 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This Decision sets out a list of  third countries and approved semen 
collection centres from which Member States are to authorise imports into the Community of semen of the ovine and caprine species, a li st of third countries and approved embryo 
collection teams from which Member States are to authorise imports into the Community of ova and embryos of those species, and the cert ification requirements relating to such imports 
in order to facilitate internat ional trade in those commodities.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Appendix 3.2.1 and Appendix 3.3.1 of the OIE 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Links to relevant 
documents are provided in the proposal. G/SPS/N/EEC/318 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:   End of March 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Six month after adoption (around October 2008) 
12. Final date for comments:  Forty (40) days after th e 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 notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: