. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/308/Add.2 
3 December 2008  
 (08-5900) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 28 November 2008, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the European Communities
. 
 
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Fresh or chilled meat for human consumption of the following species:  Domestic bovine animals, 
including Bubalus bubalus  and Bison bison ; sheep and goats; farmed and wild ruminants  
 
In accordance with Article 6 of the SPS Ag reement, the European Communities notifies 
hereby the proposal " Draft Commission Decision of amending Annex II to Council Decision 
79/542/EEC as regards the entry for Botswana in th e list of third countries or parts thereof from 
which imports into the Community of certain fresh meat are authorized " (SANCO/3628/2008, Rev.1). 
 
Background:  
 
Based on the animal health situation of Botswana in particular as regards foot-and-mouth 
disease, certain regions of that country are listed in Part 1 of Annex II to Council Decision 
79/542/EEC and these regions are authorized to export to the European Communities de-boned and 
matured fresh meat of bovine, ovine, capri ne and farmed and wild game ungulates. 
 An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was c onfirmed in Botswana on 23 October 2008 in a 
farm located in the district of Ghanzi located in  the veterinary disease controlled zone 12 which is one 
of the regions authorized to export fresh meat  to the European Communities.  The competent 
authorities in Botswana immediately suspended meat exports to the European Communities. 
 Considering that Botswana's authorities ha ve now given sufficient guarantees about the 
measures put in place in order to control the spread  of the disease and considering that the affected 
areas are completely fenced, it is opportune to adopt  restrictive measures on import into the European 
Communities of fresh meat only from the veteri nary disease controlled zone concerned.  Council 
Decision 79/542/EEC should be amended accordingly. 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
  [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [   ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  [ X ] Modification of content and/or scope  of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other: G/SPS/N/EEC/308/Add.2 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms of 
products and/or potentially affected Members, a ne w deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other ci rcumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not available 
 Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National 
Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if avai lable) of other body
: 
 
Text available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X  ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax 
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body : 
  The full text in English can be downloade d from the internet address indicated below: 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/sps/EEC/08_3837_00_e.pdf
 
  The notified document can be obtained from the EC Enquiry Point:  sps@ec.europa.eu.   
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