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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/EU/5 
28 February 2012 
 (12-1116) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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  
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):  Composite products containing m eat, milk or eggs products 
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:  Draft "Commission Implementing Regulation amending 
Regulation (EU) No 28/2012 laying down requirements for the certification for imports into and transit through the Union of certain composite products"   Language(s):  English 
Number of pages:  14 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/EEC/12_0778_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Two updated models of health certificates for import into the 
European Union, transit or storage in the Eu ropean Union of composite products consist of 
meat, milk or eggs products of  EU origin that are used in the processing of composite 
products in third countries and which are intende d to be re-exported to the European Union 
after such processing. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] 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 G/SPS/N/EU/5 
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  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:  When adopted 
it will be published at the Official Journal available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu .   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Second quarter 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Second quarter 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 March 2013 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  28 April 2012 
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 G6,  Multilateral international relations 
Rue Froissart 101 
B 1049 Brussels 
Tel:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32 2) 2998090 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 G6-M ultilateral international relations 
Rue Froissart 101 B 1049 Brussels Tel:  +(32 2) 2968185/59922 Fax:  +(32 2) 2998090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu