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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/330 
3 July 2008  
 (08-3191) 
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:  Directorate General Health and Consumers, European Commission 
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):  Meat and edible offals of the poultry fresh, chilled or frozen (HS Code 0207), 
eggs (HS Codes 0407, 0408); salmon and trout  and products (HS Co des 0302 to 0305; and 
1604) ICS 65.120 
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 EC 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation establishing maximum residue limits  for the feed additive canthaxanthin in 
addition to the conditions provided for in Directive 2003/7/EC (3 pages) 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/EEC/08_1926_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft Regulation amends the existing authorised conditions of 
use of the colouring feed additive canthaxanthin to include maximum residue limits in the foods of animal origin from animals fed with feed contained said colorant, following advice 
from EFSA.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:    
Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Additives and Products or Subs tances used in Animal Feed 
on the Maximum Residue Limits for canthaxanthin in  foodstuffs coming from animals fed with 
canthaxanthin used as a feed  additive.  The EFSA Journal (2007) 507, 1-19. 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/ EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1178621168990.htm  G/SPS/N/EEC/330 
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   Commission Directive 2003/7/EC of 24 January 2003 amending the conditions for 
authorisation of canthaxanthin in feedingstu ffs in accordance with  Council Directive 
70/524/EEC  (OJ No L22, 21.01.2003, pp 28-30) available from: 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2003:022:0028:0030:EN:PDF
 
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the Euro pean parliament and of the Council of 
22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition  (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29).  A 
consolidated version is available from:  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CON SLEG:2003R1831:20050325:EN:PDF  
To know more about the EC legi slation on feed additives, open th e hyperlink indicated below: 
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/animal nutrition/feedadditives/index_en.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  End of October 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification. 
Note :  Comments are welcome anytime.  Scientific data will be delivered to the EFSA for 
opinion and taken into account in any new modi fication of the corresponding legislation if 
this is appropriate. 
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