. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/377 
20 July 2010  
 (10-3923) 
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 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):  Feed 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  "Regulation (EC) No. 767/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009  on the placing on the market and use of feed, 
amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 and repealing 
Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC"  Language:  English  Number of pages:  28 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2817_00_e.pdf
 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2817_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2817_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The objective of this Regulation is to harmonize the conditions 
for the placing on the market and the use of f eed, in order to ensure a high level of feed 
safety and thus a high level of protection of public health, as well as to provide adequate 
information for users and consumers and to st rengthen the effective functioning of the 
internal market. 
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)    G/SPS/N/EEC/377 
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  [ ] 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:  "Regulation 
(EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition" http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:2003R1 831:20090807:EN:PDF   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 September 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 September 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union .  It shall apply from 1 September 2010.  Articles 31 and 32 shall apply 
from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Comments welcome anytime for further amendments. 
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:   
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 
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