WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/378 
27 July 2010 
 (10-4038) 
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 additives 
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 Regulation (EU) on the status of 
certain products with regard to feed add itives within the scope of Regulation (EC) 
No 1831/2003"  Language:  English  Number of pages:  6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2910_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  To avoid inconsistencies in the treatment of products, where is 
uncertainty whether they are feed additives, to  facilitate the work of the national competent 
control authorities and to lighten the burden of  the interested parties, as regards certain 
products it is necessary to adopt a Regulation de termining those products that are not feed 
additives: 
(1) Calcium carbonate; 
(2) Sodium dihydrogen orthophosphate; 
(3) Disodium hydrogen orthophosphate; 
(4) Trisodium orthophosphate; 
(5) Sodium sulphate; 
(6) Calcium tetrahydrogen diorthophosphate; 
(7) Calcium hydrogen orthophosphate; 
(8) Tetrasodium diphosphate; 
(9) Pentasodium triphosphate; 
(10) Dicalcium diphosphate; 
(11) Calcium sulphate, dihydrate; 
(12) Sodium carbonate; 
(13) Sodium hydrogen carbonate; 
(14) Sodium, potassium and calcium salts of edible fatty acids with at least four carbon 
atoms/stearates; G/SPS/N/EEC/378 
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  (15) Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids with at least four carbon atoms; 
(16) Mono- and di-glycerides of edible fatty acids with at least four carbon atoms 
esterified with the following acids: acetic, lactic, citric, tartaric, mono- and diacetyltartaric; 
(17) Glycerol; 
(18) Propane-1,2-diol; 
(19) Pectins; 
(20) Potassium chloride; 
(21) Calcium chloride; 
(22) Calcium sodium phosphate; 
(23) Sodium magnesium phosphate; 
(24) Methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM); 
(25) Plain caramel; 
(26) Glucosamine, Chitosamine; 
(27) Chondroitin sulphate; 
(28) Hyaluronic acid; 
(29) Egg powder; 
(30) Lactulose; 
(31) Plant sterols; 
(32) Tagetes flower meal; 
(33) Paprika meal; 
(34) Chlorella suspension or meal; 
(35) Algae meal;  and 
(36) Fermentation products and by-products (ferm ented feed material s after inactivation 
of the fermentative micro-organism and fe rmentation by-product (dried and ground 
by product of solid state or liquid fermentation) after extraction of the active 
component or activity, inactivation of th e micro-organism and with only residual 
content(s) of active component(s) or activity remaining in the product). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] 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:     G/SPS/N/EEC/378 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
− "Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition" 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=CONSLEG:2003R 1831:20090807:EN:P
DF 
− "Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the Eur opean 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" 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:229:0001:0028:EN:PDF    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  October 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  October 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:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  25 September 2010 
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