WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/336 
11 November 2008  
 (08-5444) 
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-Gene ral - Directorate E – Safety of the Food Chain 
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):  Breeding or productive poultry other than ratites, day-old chicks other than of 
ratites, and hatching eggs of poultry ot her than ratites (HS Codes 0105 and 0407) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Member States of the European Communities (E C) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the European Communities 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  "Draft Commission 
Regulation of amending Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005 as regards the control and testing of 
Salmonella  in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus  and turkeys" (SANCO/1932/2008, rev.3, 
available in English, 11 pages) 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/EEC/08_3558_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This proposal introduces from 1 Ja nuary 2010 on trade restrictions 
for hatching eggs, day-old chicke ns and productive poultry from floc ks of breeding turkeys if 
infected with Salmonella enteritidis  or Salmonella typhimurium , similar to the restrictions in 
flocks of breeding hens of Gallus gallus , already laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 
on the control of Salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents.1  The purpose is 
to avoid transmission of infection in the turkey meat production chain.  
Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 on the control of Salmonella  and other specified 
food-borne zoonotic agents2, a target for reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella , including 
the definition of the testing schemes necessary to verify the achievement of the target, in 
flocks of breeding hens of Gallus gallus  has been laid down in Regulation (EC) 
No 1003/2005.3 
Additionally, this draft Regulation reviews the Salmonella  testing scheme for breeding hens 
of Gallus gallus  laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1003/20054, in the light of this experience 
gained in 2007, taking into account practi cal difficulties to carry out the sampling and 
considering new information on the sensitivity of testing schemes.  
                                                      
1 OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. 
2 OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. 
3 OJ L 170, 1.4.2005, p. 12. 
4 OJ L 170, 1.4.2005, p. 12. G/SPS/N/EEC/336 
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   Background : 
Regulation 2160/2003 of the European Parliament  and of the Council of 17 November 2003 
on the control of Salmonella  and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents notified in 
G/SPS/N/EEC/144 (20 November 2001) and its ad dendum 2 (1 June 2004) provides a general 
legal framework for the control of Salmonella  in flocks of poultry and herd of pigs.  It also 
contains trade restrictions if certain serotypes of Salmonella are detected in flocks.  
Implementing provisions include: 
• Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005, setting a target for reduction of certain Salmonella  
serotypes in flocks of breeding hens of Gallus gallus  and a testing scheme to verify 
the progress towards the target.  The Regulation applies since 1 January 2007. 
• Regulation (EC) No 584/2008, setting a target for reduction of certain Salmonella  
serotypes in flocks of turkeys and a testing scheme to verify the progress towards 
the target.  The Regulation will apply from 1 January 2010 on. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Regulation (EC) 
No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the 
control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents  (OJ L 325, 
12 December 2003).  A consolidated version (refer ence date:  July 2005) is available from: 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/s ite/en/consleg/2003/R/02003R2160-20050701-en.pdf   
Commission Regulation (EC) No 584/2008 of 20 June 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) 
No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Community target 
for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmone lla Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium in 
turkeys  (OJ L 162, 21 June 2008): 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2008:162:0003:0008:EN:PDF  
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1003/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Regulation (EC) 
No 2160/2003 as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of certain 
Salmonella in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus and amending Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003  
(OJ L 170, 1 July 2005).  A consolidated versio n (reference date:  August 2008) is available 
from: http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CON SLEG:2005R1003:20060801:EN:PDF  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Around March 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2009 (breeding hens of Gallus gallus ), 
1 January 2010 (turkeys)  G/SPS/N/EEC/336 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) 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: 
sps@ec.europa.eu