WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/384 
29 July 2010  
 (10-4073) 
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 E – Safety of the Food Chain 
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):  Cereals (HS Codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), 
foodstuffs of animal origin (HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 
0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of pl ant origin, including fruit and vegetables 
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:  "Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2010 of 
8 July 2010 amending Annex I to Regula tion (EC) No 396/2005 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards add itions and modification of the examples of 
related varieties or other products to which the same MRL applies"  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  22  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2948_00_e.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2948_00_f.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2948_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  It is necessary to include in Annex I to Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005 new fruits, vegetables and cereals wh ich have become available on the market 
in the member States.  It is appropriate to add the following fruits, vegetables, cereals and 
animal products:  mineola, sloe, arctic bram ble, nectar raspberry, physalis, limequats, 
mangosteen, dragon fruit (red pitaya), tiger nut (chufa), kiwiberry, lovage roots, angelica 
roots, gentiana roots, tree tomato, gojib erry, wolfberry, choi sum, portuguese kale, 
portuguese cabbage, leaves of peas and radish, amaranthus spinach and seeds, agretti, seeds 
of cucurbitacea other than pumpkin, quinoa, elderflowers, ginkgo leaves, edible flowers, mint and game.  Cowberries are moved from the category blueberries into the category 
cranberries. The latin name for grapes is changed according to the international 
nomenclature. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/EEC/384 
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  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:  "Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament  and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on 
maximum residue levels of pesticides in and on food and feed of plant and animal origin 
and amending Council Directive 91/414 /EEC" (OJ L 70, 16 March 2005) 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0 396:20080410:EN:PDF   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  July 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  July 2010 
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.  
[ ] 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.: +322 29 68185/59922 
Fax: +322 2998090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EEC/384 
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  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.:  +322 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +322 2998090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu