. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/376 
19 July 2010  
 (10-3919) 
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 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):  Foodstuffs 
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. 558/2010 of 
24 June 2010 amendi ng Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council laying down speci fic hygiene rules for food of animal origin" 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2815_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2815_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2815_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In section VII, point 1 is replaced by the following: 
"1.  This Section applies to live bivalve mollus cs.  With the exception of the provisions on 
purification, it also applies to live echinoderms, live tunicates and live marine gastropods.  Provisions on classification of production areas set out in Chapter II part A of that Section 
do not apply to marine gastropods which are not filter feeders." 
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. 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)    G/SPS/N/EEC/376 
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  [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:  "Regulation 
(EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying 
down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin" (OJ L 139, 30 April 2004, p. 55) http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0 853:20100101:EN:PDF   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  25 June 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  25 June 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   
[X] 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.:  +(32) 2 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32) 2 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.:  +(32) 2 29 68185/59922 
Fax:  +(32) 2 29 98090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu