WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/1074 
18 March 2011 
 (11-1367) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
OVERVIEW OF SPS RELATED TECHNIC AL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES  
 
Communication from the European Union
 
  
 The following communication, received on 16 Marc h 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the European Union.  
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1. In line with Article 9 of the SPS Agreement, the European Union would like to update on the 
European Commission's assistance activities in the recent years and those foreseen for 2011 and 2012 
to support Developing Countries in complying with their rights and obligations under this Agreement.   
2. The European Union provides approximately thr ee billion euros a year for Aid for Trade (a 
line dedicated to multilateral initiatives).  The European Union addresses compliance with SPS 
standards under its numerous trade-related assistan ce programmes.  Furthermore, under the specific 
Aid for Trade budget line the European Commission has increased its contributions to the three 
Sisters for the period 2011-2013 in order to facilitate the participation of developing countries in their 
meetings, for the establishment of the IPPC helpdesk  and to help Codex Alim entarius to perform a 
study on aflatoxins (for a total of 3.5 million euros).  In addition, the contributions to the Standards 
and Trade Development Facility  have also been secured. 
3. Between 2007 and 2009, 99 project s touching upon SPS standards we re funded:  19 in Asia, 
29 in European candidate or potential candidate countries, 22 in ACP countries, 6 in European 
Neighbourhood Countries and 10 in Latin America.  Th e remaining 13 actions were not allocated to a 
specific region (more details are reflected in Annex 1).  
4. The bulk of EU assistance in the SPS area is implemented in the framework of multi-year 
country assistance programmes, which are aligned w ith national development plans and priorities.  
SPS support is usually embedded in a broader trade-related assistance programme (including areas 
such as SME development, export promotion, cu stoms reform and improve ment of the business 
enabling environment) or as part of a sector-speci fic support programme (e.g. targeted at specific 
agricultural value chains).  In addition, the Eu ropean Union also promotes increased regional 
cooperation in the area of SPS, aimed at (i) facilita ting south-south trade through the harmonization of 
SPS measures within regional trade blocks, (ii) st rengthening regional consumer protection e.g. 
through enhanced cross-border cooperation in the area of disease control and (iii) improving 
international market access by upgrading regi onal quality infrastructure and alignment with 
international standards. 
5. In addition to country or regional progra mmes, the European Union also supports 
programmes at global, all ACP or c ontinental Africa level, among which: G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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   "The Strengthening Fisheries Project" (SFP) ended in November 2010 but its activities and 
recommendations will be continued partly by the new EDES programme. 
 "Strengthening Food Safety Systems" through  SPS Measures or the "EDES project" has taken 
off in March 2010 and is coming up to cruising sp eed.  The overall objective of this project is 
to alleviate poverty in beneficiary ACP countries through improving their food and feed 
trade.  The project purpose is to develop in ACP countries risk-based food and feed safety 
systems for export products which are in lin e with regional, international and EU SPS 
standards.  The project is very much dema nd-driven and the European Union invited the 
developing countries to spread this informati on widely within their countries.  For more 
details please find the web link:  http://www.coleacp.org/edes
. 
 As requested by the ACP Group and on the basi s of the experience gained through previous 
programmes (PARC, PACE, SPINAP ...) an amount of 30M€ is dedicated to minimizing the socio-economic impact of infectious diseases by strengthening the capacity of national and/or 
regional African institutions.  Th is new programme is called "Afr ican Veterinary Governance 
Programme" and is implemented jointly by the OIE, the FAO and the AU-IBAR.  
 The "PAN-SPSO programme" ended in December 2010 but because of its success the Aid for 
Trade budget now caters for an extension of the programme for another three years.  Again, 
the continuation of this project  will be implemented by the Nairobi based African Union - 
Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) - and provides for the efficient 
participation of African countries in the thr ee SPS standard setting organisations through 
technical support.  The project includes a close collaboration with the STDF to implement 
some capacity building activities.  
6. In addition to that, several specific SPS traini ng initiatives are scheduled under the European 
Commission's "Better Training for Safer Food" initiative: 
 A total of five specific training programmes ha ve been set up which cover the whole world 
and a vast number of subjects:  the rapid al ert system for food and feed (RASFF), TRACES - 
an electronic certification system - GMO analysis, the EU Food Standards and highly 
pathogenic and other animal diseases.  Also, under the food testing programme two-week laboratory trainings are being provided to developing countries on mycotoxins, 
microbiology, residues of veterinary drugs and pesticides.  An overview of the activities can be found in Annex 2. 
 The "Better Training for Safer Food Africa" project has been very successful.  It partly 
consisted of SPS harmonisation activities at th e African regional level as well as private 
sector support activities of Small and Medium En terprises (SMEs).  A pan-African reference 
document on food hygiene was drawn up, which is now being dissemina ted and implemented 
at regional levels.  The OIE component of th e programme continues until the end of 2011 and 
will be sustained under the "African Veterina ry Governance Programme".  Progress is being 
made to sustain the outcome of this programme. 
 Specifically tailored trainings on residue monitori ng are also made possible.  In 2010, such 
specific trainings were carried out for the following countries:  Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and India.  In 2011, similar trainings (or follow-up trainings) are planned for the following countries:  Ukraine, Georgia, Malaysia, Egypt and India. 
7. The European Union actively supports efforts to increase donor coordination, including in the 
area of SPS.  On a day-to day level, this process is  carried out by the EU delegations which are front 
of house for the identification and formulation of most assistance programmes.  At global level, the  G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  European Union also contributes to the Standard s and Trade Development Facility (STDF), which 
promotes coordination among donors in the provision of SPS-related assistance. 
8. It goes without saying that individual EU memb er States also contribute substantially to 
development aid, be it bilaterally, regionally or at multilateral level (STDF and ISSB's). 
9. Moreover, the European Union invites devel oping countries calling for SPS related Technical 
Assistance to approach either directly the EU Delega tions based in their country or the Directorates of 
the European Commission involved in te chnical assistance located in Brussels G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  ANNEX 1 
 
EU Commitments for Programmes Including SPS Measures (2007-2009)
 
  
Commitments Year 2007
 
 
Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands 
of Euros) 
DCI-
ASIE/2007/
019-153 Laos Southeast Asia Trade Capacity Building 
Programme 1 4,200.00 
DCI-
ASIE/2007/
019-087 Mongolia Asia Mongolia Sustainable 
Livelihoods  Prog ramme Phase II 6 10,000.00 
DCI-
ASIE/2007/
018-950 Philippines Southeast Asia Trade Related Technical 
Assistance Project II 1 6,500.00 
DCI-
ASIE/2006/
018-108 South Asia, 
regional South Asia EU-SAARC Programme Of 
Economic Cooperation (ESPEC) 1 2,587.00 
DCI-
ASIE/2007/
018-800 Thailand Eastern Asia Thailand - EU Cooperation 
Facility 6 3,500.00 
DCI-
ASIE/2007/
019-314 Turkmenistan Central Asia Institutional Strengthening And 
Policy Support Facility 6 2,500.00 
DCI-
ASIE/2007/
018-844 Viet Nam Southeast Asia Multilateral Trade Assistance 
Project (MUTRAP 3) 1 10,000.00 
9ACP 
RPR47 Africa 
unallocated All Africa PAN-SPSO:  Participation of 
African Nations in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard Setting 
Organizations 1 3,350.00 
9ACP 
MOZ36 Mozambique Southern 
Africa BESTF, Business Environment 
Support and Trade Facilitation 4 5,750.00 
9ACP 
PNG9 Papua New 
Guinea Pacific Trade Related Assistance to 
Papua New Guinea 1 560.00 
9ACP 
PNG10 Papua New 
Guinea Pacific Trade Related Assistance to 
Papua New Guinea 1 2,440.00 
9ACP 
RPR199 Regional 
Cooperation ACP Pesticides Initiative Programme - 
PIP- "Periode Transitoire" 1 5,000.00 
9ACP SL23 Sierra Leone Western 
Africa TA for EPA 
Negotiation/Implementation and 
Trade Related TA S 1 1,200.00 
9ACP 
SAD13 South of 
Sahara Unall. Southern 
Africa Capacity Building in Maximum 
Residue Levels in the SADC regions 1 7,500.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-352 Bosnia-
Herzegovina Europe Development of Safety/Quality 
Infrastructure 4 1,700.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-352 Bosnia-
Herzegovina Europe Strengthening of the 
Accreditation System in BiH 4 1,000.00  G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands 
of Euros) 
IPA/2007/0
19-352 Bosnia-
Herzegovina Europe Strengthening of the Metrology 
System in BiH 4 1,700.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-247 Croatia Europe Customs Laboratory 
Development 1 2,275.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-300 Montenegro Europe Anim al Identification and 
Registration in Montenegro 4 1,400.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-300 Montenegro Europe Development of Quality 
Infrastructure in Montenegro 4 2,000.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-298 Serbia Europe Annual Programme for Kosovo - 
Meeting EU Standards Food Safety & Veterinary Services 4 2,000.00 
ENPI/2007/
019-290 Syria Mediterranean Trade Enhancement Programme 
(TEP) 1 15,000.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-329 Turkey Europe IPA/2007/019-329-2007 NP 
Turkey - Plant Passport System 
and Registration of Operators 4 1,105.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-329 Turkey Europe IPA/2007/019-329-2007 NP 
Turkey - Capacity Strengthening 
and Support Implementation of 
Nitrate Directive in Turkey 4 5,824.00 
IPA/2007/0
19-329 Turkey Europe IPA/2007/019-329-2007 NP 
TURKEY - Introduction of Stock 
Assessment to the Fisheries 
Management System of Turkey 4 2,200.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All Africa Better Training for Safer Food in 
Africa 2008-2010 1 10,000.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC SPS Related Technical 
Assistance for Developing Countries – CODEX 1 225.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC SPS Related Technical 
Assistance for Developing Countries 1 225.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC SPS Related Technical 
Assistance for Developing 
Countries Attending IPPC Meeting 1 225.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC SPS Training Programme on 
Aflatoxins 1 99.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC SPS Training Programme on 
Microbiology 1 193.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC SPS Training Programme on 
Residues 1 183.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC 5-Day Seminar on SPS Issues 1 180.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC 5-Day Seminar on SPS Issues for 
Developing Countries 1 161.00 
 Bilateral 
Unallocated All DC Regional Consultations on SPS-
Related Technical Co-operation 4 250.00 G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands 
of Euros) 
 Central Asia, 
regional Central Asia Seminar on SPS Issues for Asian 
Countries 1 299.00 
 Costa Rica Central 
America SPS 2 Weeks Training on 
Residues to Technicians and 
Officials in Costa Rica 1 16.00 
 Ghana Western 
Africa SPS 2 Weeks Training on 
Residues to Technicians and Officials in Ghana 1 16.00 
 Papua New 
Guinea Pacific SPS 2 Weeks Training on 
Residues to Technicians and Officials in Papua New Guinea 1 16.00 
 Philippines Southeast Asia SPS 2 Weeks Training on 
Residues to Technicians and 
Officials in The  Philippines 1 16.00 
 Thailand Southeast Asia SPS 2 Weeks Training on 
Residues to Technicians and 
Officials in Thailand 1 16.00 
 Viet Nam Southeast Asia SPS 2 Weeks Training on 
Residues to Technicians and Officials in Vietnam 1 16.00 
  G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  Commitments Year 2008  
 
Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands of 
Euros) 
 Tanzania East Africa Trade and Agriculture 
Support Programme (TASP) 4. BPC 9,400.00 
 Croatia Enlargement Inst rument for Pre-accession 
Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD) 4. BPC 25,500.00 
 Macedonia 
(FYROM) Enlargement Instrume nt for Pre-accession 
Assistance for Rural 
Development (IPARD) 4. BPC 2,100.00 
 Turkey Enlargement Inst rument for Pre-accession 
Assistance for Rural 
Development (IPARD) 4. BPC 20,700.00 
 Croatia Enlargement Inst rument for Pre-accession 
Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD) 4. BPC 25,600.00 
 Macedonia 
(FYROM) Enlargement Instrume nt for Pre-accession 
Assistance for Rural 
Development (IPARD) 4. BPC 6,700.00 
 Turkey Enlargement Inst rument for Pre-accession 
Assistance for Rural 
Development (IPARD) 4. BPC 53,000.00 
 Uganda East Africa EPA Related Trade and 
Private Sector Support 
Programme 1. TPR 5,000.00 
19568 Jordan Neighbourhood Trade and Transport 
Facilitation Programme Jordan 1. TPR 33,000.00 
19628 Algeria Neighbourhood Programme d'appui à la 
diversification de l'économie 4. BPC 17,500.00 
20216 Tunisia Neighbourhood Programme d'appui à la 
compétitivité des entreprises 
et à la facilitation de l'accès au marché 4. BPC 23,000.00 
6068 Mexico Latin Amer ica Programme for the 
Facilitation of the EU-Mexico 
Free Trade Agreement 1. TPR 1,500.00 
19031 Ecuador Latin America Pr ograma de apoyo al sistema 
económico solidario y 
sostenible (PASES) 4. BPC 20,000.00 
19470 Costa Rica Latin America Programa de Apoyo al 
cumplimiento de las Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
(SFS) 1. TPR 4,500.00 
19481 Paraguay Latin America Apoyo a la integración 
económica de Paraguay 1. TPR 6,000.00 
19669 South 
America, Regional Latin America INTERCAN - Integración 
Económica Regional de la CAN (AAP 2008) 1. TPR 6,500.00 
19620 Bangladesh South Asia Better Work and Standards 
Programme 1. TPR 15,000.00 G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands of 
Euros) 
19792 Pakistan South Asia Trade Related Technical 
Assistance II 1. TPR 9,545.00 
20244 Grenada Caribbean Establishment of a Spice 
Research Station and Farming 
System - Grenada SFA 2008 4. BPC 500.00 
19592 South Africa Southern Africa Trade Development 
Cooperation Agreement Facility 1. TPR 5,000.00 
 Bosnia-
Herzegovina Enlargement Capacity Building in 
Agriculture and Food Safety Policy and Preparation for 
IPA-RD Programme 4. BPC 4,000.00 
 Bosnia-
Herzegovina Enlargement Control and/or Eradication of 
Animal Diseases 4. BPC 1,500.00 
 Montenegro Enlargement Development of the Food 
Safety Services in 
Montenegro OTHER 2,000.00 
 Montenegro Enlargement Support to the Control and 
Eradication of Rabies and 
Classical Swine Fever in 
Montenegro 4. BPC 1,500.00 
 Macedonia 
(FYROM) Enlargement Food Safety, Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Policy 1. TPR 3,300.00 
20116 Albania Enlargement Protection Against Zoonotic 
Diseases 4. BPC 5,700.00 
 All Countries All countries Aid for Trade — Multilateral 
Initiatives 1. TPR 225.00 
 All Countries All countries Aid for trade — Multilateral 
initiatives 1. TPR 250.00 
 All Countries All countries Aid for Trade — Multilateral 
Initiatives 1. TPR 225.00 
 Turkey Enlargement Food Safety, Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Policy 1. TPR 34,530.00 
 Croatia Enlargement Support to Animal Disease 
Control/Eradication 4. BPC 3,135.38 
 Serbia Enlargement Consumer and Health 
Protection OTHER 7,500.00 
 Serbia Enlargement Support for the 
Control/Eradication of 
Classical Swine Fever and 
Rabies in the Republic of Serbia 4. BPC 6,300.00 
  G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  Commitments Year 2009  
 
Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands of 
Euros) 
21207 Mali West Africa Programme d'appui au 
secteur privé (PASP) 4. BPC 5,000.00 
21309 Cote D'Ivoire West Africa Programme d'appui au 
Commerce et à l'Intégration Régionale (PACIR) 1. TPR 16,000.00 
21330 South of 
Sahara, 
Regional South of Sahara Implementation of a 
Regional Fisheries Strategy 
for the ESA-IO 4. BPC 21,000.00 
21375 Cameroon Central Africa Programme d'appui au Plan 
de Modernisation des 
Douanes (PAPMOD) 1. TPR 10,000.00 
21388 Ethiopia East Africa Improving and Integrating 
Animal Health Services in 
the Livestock Value Chain 
through Public Private Dialogue in Ethiopia 
(LVC/PPD) 4. BPC 10,000.00 
21460 South of 
Sahara, Regional South of Sahara CTA- Budget 2010 4. BPC 16,000.00 
21473 South of 
Sahara, 
Regional South of Sahara Programme SPS 10ième 
FED:  PIP Qualité et 
conformité Fruits et légumes phase 2 (PIP2) et 
Contribution au STDF 1. TPR 35,000.00 
21572 Rwanda East Africa Sector Budget Support for 
Decentralised Agriculture 4. BPC 20,000.00 
21716 South of 
Sahara, Regional South of Sahara RISP 2 1. TPR 50,000.00 
 IV.D. Asia, 
Regional Asia Regional Strengthening Veterinary 
Services in Asia - Regional 
Vaccine Bank and Capacity Building for Surveillance, 
Early Detection and 
Eradication of Highly Pathogenic Emerging and 
re-Emerging Animal 
Diseases 4. BPC 7,000.00 
 IV.D. ASIA, 
Regional Asia Regional Improvement of Regional 
Capacities for Prevention, 
Control and Eradication of Emerging Infectious 
Diseases (EID) Including 
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in 
ASEAN and SAARC 
Countries 4. BPC 8,000.00 G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands of 
Euros) 
 IV.D. Asia, 
Regional Asia Regional Strengthening Surveillance 
and Response Capacity for 
Emerging and Re-Emerging Zoonoses in ASEAN and 
SAARC Countries under 
WHO South-East Asia Region 4. BPC 4,000.00 
19031 Ecuador Latin America Programa de Apoyo al 
Sistema Económico 
Solidario y Sostenible (PASES) 4. BPC 13,400.00 
19903 El Salvador Latin America Programa de 
Fortalecimiento del Sistema 
Nacional de Calidad en El Salvador - PROCALIDAD 1. TPR 12,100.00 
20289 Costa Rica Latin America PROCALIDAD:  Résolution 
des obstacles techniques au 
commerce 1. TPR 4,000.00 
20397 Guatemala Latin America Instrumento de Apoyo a la 
Participación de Guatemala 
en el Proceso de Integración Regional y en el Acuerdo de 
Asociación 1. TPR 6,800.00 
20491 Lebanon Neighbourhood 
South Support to Reforms III 1. TPR 8,000.00 
20525 Thailand Asean Thailand - EC Co-operation 
Facility Phase II OTHER 4,500.00 
20658 Belarus Neighbourhood 
East Support to Quality 
Infrastructure in Belarus - 
Food Safety 4. BPC 8,500.00 
21513 N. & C. 
America, 
Regional Latin America Programa de Apoyo a la 
Creación de un Sistema 
Regional de Calidad y a la 
Aplicación de Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias en 
Centroamérica 
(PRACAMS) 1. TPR 23,500.00 
21531 Nicaragua Latin America AAP 2009 - Programa de 
Fortalecimiento de la 
Competitividad de las 
MIPYME Nicaragüenses 4. BPC 15,100.00 
21650 - 
030111 Bosnia-
Herzegovina Enlargement Annual National Programme 
2009 Bosnia and 
Herzegovina 2009 Part II 1. TPR 3,900.00 
21650 - 
031214 Bosnia-
Herzegovina Enlargement Annual National Programme 
2009 Bosnia and 
Herzegovina 2009 Part II OTHER 3,200.00 
21661 - 
031203 Croatia Enlargement Upgrad ing of Four Selected 
Long-Term Veterinary and Phytosanitary Border 
Inspection Posts 1. TPR 6,444.00  G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  Project 
reference Country Region Short description AfT 
Category Commitments 
(in thousands of 
Euros) 
21665 - 
031214 Macedonia 
(FYROM) Enlargement  OTHER 1,744.00 
 Indonesia Asean  1. TPR 22.00 
 Malaysia Asean  1. TPR 37.00 
 G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  ANNEX 2 
 
Executive Agency for Health and Consumers 
 
BETTER TRAINING FOR SAFER FOOD 
Website:  http://www.btsf.eu
 
 
Overview of trainings for non-EU countries in 2010-2011  
 
 
• Under the "EU Food Standards" contract:  in 2010,  13 workshops were he ld on a large variety 
of subjects reaching almost a thousand particip ants across Peru, China, Ukraine, Malaysia, 
Brazil, Canada, Uruguay, Cyprus, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. In addition, ten rapid response missions were carried out to provide countries with urgent assistance.  Under the BTSF Africa project five regional workshops  were organised in Cameroon, Uganda, 
Morocco, Mali and Malawi and two intens ive trainings for the Regional Economic 
Communities were provided. 
• Further details on these workshops can be obtained at the following link:  
http://www.foodinfo-europe.com
 
• Under the "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza" contract:  Four six-week training missions 
were carried out to Russia, Be larus, Moldova, Philippines (" http://www.ai-
training.eu/index.php ") including laboratory trainings in Denmark.  Trainings in the Near 
East, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh are to follow in 2011. 
 
• Under the "Food Testing" contract:  Training was provided to analytical staff from developing 
countries in state-of-the-art laboratory tec hniques on mycotoxins, microbiology and residues 
of veterinary medicines and pesticides ( http://www.trainsaferfood.eu/ ) (2010-2011) 
 
• Under the "GMO Analysis" contract, three even ts were organized in Turkey, Singapore and 
South Africa.  The programme will continue in 2011 in Mexico, European Neighborhood 
Countries, and Asia. 
 
• Under the "RASFF/TRACES" contract:  Fourteen  workshops have been organised reaching 
580 participants in Morocco, Argentina, Phili ppines, Thailand, Guatemala, Mauritania, 
Algeria, Madagascar, Jordan, Tunisia, Chile, I ndonesia, and India.  Others will follow in 2011 
in Peru, Kenya and Thailand for RASFF and in Peru, Tanzania and South Africa for TRACES 
(http://www.foodinfo-europe.com/ ) 
 1. The invitations are directly submitted to the c ountries invited.  Only applicants presented by 
the relevant authorities replying to the invitation will  be taken into account.  It is essential to contact 
the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers ( http://www.btsf.eu
) and no longer the European 
Commission. 
2. The table attached below provides for an overview for 2011/2012.  G/SPS/GEN/1074 
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  TRAININGS FOR NON-EU COUNTRIES IN 2011-2012 
 
 
Date Location Subject 
May 2011 Peru RASFF and TRACES 
May 2011 ASEAN Crisis Management 
June 2011 Ukraine EU Legislation on residue 
monitoring 
June 2011 Kenya RASFF and TRACES 
June 2011 Chile Animal Welfare 
July 2011 Tanzania EU Legislation on Honey 
July 2011 Thailand EU Legislation on plant health 
September 2011 Benin EU Legislation on Fishery 
products 
September 2011 Russia Codex Alimentarius 
November 2011 China Food Irradiation 
December 2011 USA-EU SPS Issues 
January 2012 ASEAN RASFF 
February 2012 Senegal Food Hygiene 
April 2012 Nicaragua EU Legislation on Fishery 
Products 
May 2012 Ecuador Plant Protection Products 
June 2012 Paraguay Animal  Identification and 
Traceability 
June 2012 South Korea Animal welfare 
September 2012 Ukraine Salmonella and Other Zonoses 
October 2012 India SPS Issues 
 
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