. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/364 
10 December 2009  
 (09-6401) 
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 D – Animal Health and Welfare 
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):  Products containing milk, milk products, soya, or soya products intended for 
particular nutritional use for infants and young children: 
- ammonium carbonate inte nded for food and feed; 
- feed and food containing milk, milk products, soya and soya products; 
- feed and food products containing milk, milk products, soya or soya products. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  EU member States and China exporting these 
products to the European Union.  
5. Title of the notified document:  "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 of 
25 November 2009 imposing special conditions governing the import of certain products 
originating in or consigned from China, a nd repealing Commission Decision 2008/798/EC" 
Language:  All EU languages  Number of pages:  3  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2009:311:0003:0005:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:311:0003:0005:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:311:0003:0005:ES:PDF  
or 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_4324_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/EEC/09_4324_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_4324_00_s.pdf  G/SPS/N/EEC/364 
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  6. Description of content:  It concerns an amendment to an existing safeguard measure.  
Given the significant decrease of Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed notifications since January 2009 and the guarantees provided by th e Chinese authorities as regards the controls 
on melamine in products exported, the system atic checks on feed and food containing milk, 
milk products, soya or soya products and on ammonium bicarbonate are no longer 
appropriate and this Regulati on provides for a decrease of controls at import from 100 per 
cent to 20 per cent.  Given that products in tended for the particular nutritional use for 
infants and young children represent the primar y, and in some cases sole source of 
nourishment for infants and young children, th e prohibition on import into the Union of any 
such products originating from China is maintained. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] 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)    
[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:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  25 November 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  16 December 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  16 December 2009 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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:  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:  
sps@ec.europa.eu