WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/320 
30 November 2007  
 (07-5278) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities.  Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General Directorate D – Animal Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Live breeding and productive poultry and day-old chicks other than ratites 
(CN 0105 and 0106); Live breeding or productive ra tites (CN 0106.90) and day-old chicks, of 
ratites (CN 0105.19); Slaughter poultry and poultr y for restocking game supplies, other than 
ratites (CN 010599); Slaughter ratites (CN 0106. 90); Meat of poultry (CN 0207); Meat of 
farmed ratites for human consumption (C N 0208.90); Meat from wild game-birds 
(CN 0208.90); Eggs, fresh, in sh ell including specified pathogen-free eggs (CN 0407); Eggs 
for hatching, of poultry other than ratites (C N 0407.00); Eggs for hatching of ratites 
(CN 0407.00.19); Egg products (CN 0408) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Member States of the European Communities (E C) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the EC 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  European Commission 
document SANCO/10011/2007 Rev.7 " Draft Commission Regulation laying down a list of 
third countries, territ ories, zones or compartments fr om which poultry and poultry products 
may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification 
requirements " (available in E nglish, 106 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This proposal aims primarily to facilitate trade by simplifying 
existing legislation by rep ealing the following 5 acts:  
• Commission Decision 93/342/EEC of 12 May 1993 laying down the criteria for classifying 
third countries with regard to av ian influenza and Newcastle disease  (OJ L 137, 8 June 
1993, p. 24–30)  
• Commission Decision 94/438/EC of 7 June 1994 laying down the criter ia for classifying 
third countries and parts thereo f with regard to avian influen za and Newcastle disease in 
relation to imports of fresh poultrymeat and amendi ng Decision 93/342/EEC  (OJ L 181, 
15 July 1994, p. 35–39) G/SPS/N/EEC/320 
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   • Commission Decision 2006/696/EC of 28 August 2006 laying down a list of third countries 
from which poultry, hatching eggs, day-old ch icks, meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-
birds, eggs and egg products and specified pat hogen-free eggs may be imported into and 
transit through the Community and the app licable veterinary certification conditions, and 
amending Decisions 93/342/EEC, 2000/585/EC and 2003/812/EC (OJ L 295, 
25 October 2006, p. 1–76)  
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/2007 of 23 October 2007 amending Regulation 
(EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision 2006/696/EC as regards the placing on the market  of eggs from Salmone lla infected flocks 
of laying hens  (OJ L 280, 24 October 2007, p. 5–9).  Notified in n G/SPS/N/EEC/309 
(dated 6 June 2007)  
• Draft Commission Decision c oncerning approval of Salmonella control programmes in 
breeding flocks of Gallus gallus in certain th ird countries in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No 2160/2003 and amending Decision 2006/696/ EC, as regards certain public health 
requirements at import of poultry and hatching eggs  notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/306 dated 
8 May 2007 and still not adopted.  Note:  This  Commission Decision, will be applicable 
until the proposal notified hereby (see para. 5 above) enters into force. 
The proposed regulation lays down veterinary cer tification requirements for imports into and 
transit, including storage during transit, thr ough the Community of the commodities indicated 
in para. 3 and lays down a list of third count ries, territories, zones or compartments from 
which the commodities may be imported into the Community. 
It also sets rules for certification for the fr eedom from low pathogenic avian influenza in 
addition to the freedom from highly pathogenic avian influenza; this includes the submission to the European Commission of the avian in fluenza surveillance program and of the 
vaccination plan against avian influenza, if the affected commodities will be imported into the EC territory.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial 
Animals of the World Organisation for Animal health (OIE) available respectively at: 
http://www.oie.int/eng/norme s/mcode/en_s ommaire.htm   (latest edition) 
http://www.oie.int/eng/nor mes/en_mmanual.htm?e1d10   (latest edition) 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Regulation (EC) 
No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the 
control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents  (OJ L 325, 
12 December 2003).  A consolidated version (reference date:  July  2005) is available from  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/s ite/en/consleg/2003/R/02003R2160-20050701-en.pdf    G/SPS/N/EEC/320 
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   The tariff item number(s) specified in the EC schedule deposited with the WTO, are  
described in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 of 20 September 2007 amending 
Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on  the tariff and statistical nomenclature 
and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 286, 31  October 2007, p. 1–894) available from 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriSe rv/site/en/oj/2007/l_286/l_28620071031en00010894.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2009 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: