WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/396 
4 February 2011 
 (11-0584) 
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):  Hatching eggs and day-old chicks of Gallus gallus  (HS Codes:  0105 and 
0407) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Tunisia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft "Commission Decision amending Commission 
Decision 2007/843/EC as regards the control programme for Salmonella  in certain poultry 
and eggs in Tunisia" (Document SANCO/13291/2010)  Language(s):  English  Number of 
pages:  3 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/EEC/11_0342_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The purpose of the current draft Commission Decision is to 
amend Commission Decision 2007/843/EC as regards the control programme for 
Salmonella  in certain poultry and eggs in Tunisia by withdrawing its approval to import 
into the European Union. 
Commission Decision 2007/843/EC approved the control programme submitted by Tunisia 
for Salmonella  in flocks of breeding hens, in  accordance with Regulation (EC) 
No 2160/2003. 
Tunisia has now informed the Commission th at that programme has been stopped.  
Accordingly, that programme submitted by  Tunisia should no longer be approved. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CAC/RCP 15 - 1976 G/SPS/N/EEC/396 
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  [X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  Chapter 2.10.2 of the OIE Terrestrial Code  
[ ] 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 2160/2003 of the Europ ean Parliament and of the Council of 
17 November 2003 on the control of Salmonella  and other specified food-borne zoonotic 
agents. 
Commission Regulation (EU) No 200/2010 of  10 March 2010 implementing Regulation 
(EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Union target for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella  serotypes in adult breeding flocks 
of Gallus gallus . 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third Countries, territories, 
zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and 
transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements. 
Commission Decision 2007/843/EC of 11 December 2007 concerning approval of 
Salmonella  control programmes in breeding flocks of Gallus gallus  in certain third 
countries in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament 
and amending Decision 2006/696/EC, as regard s certain public health requirements at 
import of poultry and hatching eggs.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  30 June 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  5 July 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  5 July 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) :  5 April 2011 
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:   
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  G/SPS/N/EEC/396 
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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:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu