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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/341 
28 April 2009 
 (09-2040) 
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 E – Safety of the food chain 
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):  Feed and food of non-animal origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners  All third countries  
[   ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  "Draft Commission Regulation of **** Regulation (EC) 
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament a nd of the Council as regards the increased level 
of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin and amending Decision 2006/504/EC" (Document SANCO/4680/2009 Rev. 2  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  20) 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_1563_00_e.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  The Regulation implements for the first time Article 15(5) of 
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, by establishing a system for the increased level of controls 
of certain feed and food of non-animal origin  for which emerging or known risks require an 
increased level of controls at the point of entry into the EU. 
The Regulation establishes – also for the first ti me - a list of products which, on the basis of 
information available (RASFF notifications, reports by the Commission's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), information provided by Member States, by third countries, by 
the European Food Safety Authority) are to be submitted to such increas ed level of controls 
by the Member States' competent aut horities when entering the Community. 
It is to be noted that the list of products will be reviewed and am ended as appropriate 
before the entry into application of the new control system (expected in early 2010);  and that subsequently, the list will be regularly re viewed (quarterly) and updated as appropriate.
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/341 
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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)    
[   ] 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  
The measure applies only to products where th ere is an emerging or known risks. This 
concerns products for which residues of contaminants or microbiological risks in excess of 
permitted EC and internationa l levels have been repe atedly found and reported.  
 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 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the veri fication of compliance with feed and food law, 
animal health and animal welfare rules. [OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1–141] 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=CELEX:32004R0882R(01):EN:HTML  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  First half of May 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  When adopted, it will be published at the 
Official Journal available at:  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/ JOIndex.do?ihmlang=en  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication 
in the Official Journal of the European Union.  It will enter into force 6 (six) months after 
the date of publication in the OJ. 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  27 June 2009 
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:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu