WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/399 
14 April 2011  
 (11-1897) 
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:  European Commission, 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):  Fresh poultry meat (HS Code(s):  0207, 020890) 
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:  "Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Annex II 
to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council and 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as re gards Salmonella in fresh poultry meat"  
Language(s):  English   Number of pages:  10 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/EEC/11_1147_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides that as from the end of 
2010 fresh poultry meat from breeding flocks of  Gallus gallus, laying hens, broilers and 
turkeys may not be placed on the market for human consumption unless it meets the 
criterion Salmonella absence in 25 g. The Regula tion also stipulates that detailed rules, in 
particular sampling schemes and analytical methods  for this criterion, shall be defined. The 
purpose of the draft proposal is to implemen t Regulation 2160/2003 by setting the detailed 
rules for Salmonella food safety criterion in fresh poultry meat by amending Regulation 
2073/2005. The criterion is proposed to be set  for Salmonella Enter itidis and Salmonella 
Typhimurium. The horizontal analytical method ISO 6579 is proposed to be the reference 
method, none out of five 25 g samples would be allowed to contain these serotypes of 
Salmonella when products are placed on the market during their shelf-life. 
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.    G/SPS/N/EEC/399 
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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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:   
(1)  "Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council of 
17 November 2003 on the control of Salm onella and other specified food-borne 
zoonotic agents" 
 " http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:325:0001:0015:EN:PDF " 
(2) "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on 
microbiological criteria for foodstuffs" 
 " http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=CONSLEG: 2005R2073:20100519:E
N:PDF " 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  30 September 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  5 October 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 December 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :   13 June 2011 
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) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu 
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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) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu