. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/350 
29 July 2009  
 (09-3683) 
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 D – Animal Health and Welfare 
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):  Raw milk and dairy products (HS Codes 04.01, 04.02 and 04.03) 
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:  "Draft Commission Regulation of *** laying down 
animal and public health and veterinary certif ications conditions for introduction into the 
Community of raw milk and dairy produc ts intended for human consumption" 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  31 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2666_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Regulation does not foresee any additional health 
requirements to those already laid down in th e current rules (Decision 2004/438/EC).  It 
only updates the legal base of the provisions.  
This Regulation lays down: (a) the public and animal health conditio ns and certification requirements for the 
introduction into the Community of consignments of raw milk and dairy products; 
(b) the list of third countries from which the introduction into the Community of such 
consignments is authorised;  and 
(c) clarifies the requirements for imports of camel milk. 
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.    G/SPS/N/EEC/350 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decision 
2004/438/EC:  " Commission Decision of 29 April 2004 laying down animal and public 
health and veterinary certifications conditions  for introduction in the Community of heat-
treated milk, milk-based products and ra w milk intended for human consumption ". 
(http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/Result.do?T1=V4&T2=2004& T3=438&RechType=RECH_naturel&Submit
=Search ) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 September 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  15 October 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 February 2010 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
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:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu