WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/EU/4 
8 February 2012  
 (12-0757) 
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 and 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):  Semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (CN 05 11 99 85)  
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 (EC) 
amending Annexes B, C and D to Council Dir ective 90/429/EEC as regards animal health 
requirements for brucellosis and Aujeszky's disease"   Language(s):  English  Number of 
pages:  12 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/EEC/12_0549_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
The purpose of this Implementing Regulation is to amend Annexes B, C and D to Directive 
90/429/EEC in order: 
- to include, following the European Food Safety Authority's scientific opinion on 
porcine brucellosis adopted on 5 June 2009, a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent 
assay (cELISA) and an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) for the 
purpose of donor animals testing for brucellosis; 
- to revise the protocol provided for in Chap ter I of Annex B to Directive 90/429/EEC to 
rule out or confirm a suspicion of brucellosis at the admission of animals to the semen collection centre; 
- to review animal health requirements fo r donor animals and semen thereof as regards 
Aujeszky's disease; 
- to align the model animal health certificates for intra-Union trade in semen of domestic 
animals of the porcine species provided for in Annex D to Directive 90/429/EEC and to present it in accordance with the standardi zed layout of veterinary certificates.  G/SPS/N/EU/4 
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  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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
 Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] 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:  "Council 
Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June 1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the 
porcine species" (OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 62.), and in particular Article 17.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  31 March 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 April 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 June 2012 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 March 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-M ultilateral international relations 
Rue Froissart 101 
B 1049 Brussels 
Tel:  +32 (0) 2 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +32 (0) 2 2998090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EU/4 
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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 G6-M ultilateral international relations 
Rue Froissart 101 B 1049 Brussels 
Tel:  +32 (0) 2 29 68185/59922 
Fax:  +32 (0) 2 2998090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu