WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/397 
1 April 2011  
 (11-1639) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Union. Health & Consumers 
Directorate-General. Directorate E  Safety of the food chain 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Feed and food from certain regions of Japan 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Japan  
5. Title of the notified document:  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) N0 297/2011 
of 25 March 2011 imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food 
originating in or consigned from Japan follo wing the accident at the Fukushima nuclear 
power station. [OJ L80, 26 March 2011, pp. 5-8]  Language(s):  English, French and 
Spanish.  Number of pages:  4 
Text available (EN, FR, ES): 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:080:0005:0008:EN:PDF " 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:080:0005:0008:FR:PDF " 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:080:0005:0008:ES:PDF " 
or 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/EEC/11_0995_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/EEC/11_0995_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/EEC/11_0995_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Feed and food originating from the prefectures of Fukushima, 
Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yama nashi, Saitama, Tokyo 
and Chiba in Japan must be analyzed and sampled and attested that feed and/or food does 
not contain levels of the radionuclides, iodine-131, caesium-134 and caesium-137 above 
the maximum levels provided for in C ouncil Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 of 
22 December 1987, Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 944/89 of 12 April 1989 and Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 770/90 of 29 March 1990.   G/SPS/N/EEC/397 
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  Feed and food from other regions has to be att ested not be originating from the prefectures 
of Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Mi yagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, 
Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba in Japan. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Urgent action was 
needed following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station and the findings that 
certain foodstuffs in the neighbouring regi on contains high levels of radioactivity. 
9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CODEX STAN 193-1995 General Standa rd for Contaminants and 
Toxins in Food and Feed 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:    
Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 of 22 December 1987 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:1987R3 954:19890725:EN:PDF " 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:1987R3 954:19890725:FR:PDF " 
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:1987R3 954:19890725:ES:PDF " 
Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 944/89 of 12 April 1989 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31989R0944:EN:HTML  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31989R0944:FR:HTML  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31989R0944:ES:HTML  
Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 770/90 of 29 March 1990 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31990R0770:EN:HTML  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31990R0770:FR:HTML  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex UriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31990R0770:ES:HTML  
Links to EN, FR and ES version of documents.  G/SPS/N/EEC/397 
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  11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
27 March 2011.  The measures laid down in this Regulation are applicable until 
30 June 2011 and shall be m onthly reassessed until 30 June in the light of the results of 
controls carried out by the EU member States and the development of the accident in the 
Fukushima nuclear power station. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [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.:  +(322) 29 6185/59922 Fax:  +(322) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [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.:  +(322) 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +(322) 29 98090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu