WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/387 
4 October 2010  
 (10-5040) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION
 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animal by-products and products deri ved thereof not intended for human 
consumption 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  "Commission Regulation (EU) No 790/2010 of 
7 September 2010 amending Annexes VII, X a nd XI to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal 
by-products not intended for human consumption"  Language:  All EU official languages  
Number of pages:  9  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_3715_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_3715_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_3715_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  There is an interest to import in to the European Union colostrum 
and colostrum products as feed material for farmed animals and for technical purposes.  
Economic operators have indicated their inter est in the use of colostrum and colostrum 
products for the production of feed material and for technical purposes.  The demand for 
such products from economic ope rators should be met and rules should therefore be laid 
down for the importation of such animal by-produc ts.  However, colostrum is an animal by-
product which may pose a risk for the transmis sion of certain diseases, such as foot-and-
mouth disease, tuberculosis, brucellosis a nd enzootic-bovine-leukosis to susceptible 
animals.  In order to safeguard animal hea lth, the importation of colostrum and colostrum 
products should therefore be subject to certain conditions. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/EEC/387 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Article 
1.2.3. Points 2 and 4  
[ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  "Regulation 
(EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning an imal by-products not intended for human 
consumption" 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2002:273:0001:0095:EN:PDF  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Comments welcome anytime for further amendments. 
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 68185/59922 
Fax:  +322 2998090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EEC/387 
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  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 2998090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu