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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/354/Add.3 
11 March 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 4 March 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Union
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Foodstuffs with the following CN codes: 
 
− spices:  Capsicum  spp (dried fruits thereof, whole or ground, including chillies, chilli powder, 
cayenne and paprika);  Piper  spp (fruits thereof, including white and black pepper);  Myristica 
fragrans  (nutmeg);  Zingiber officinale  (ginger);  Curcuma longa  (turmeric):  CN 0904, CN 0908, 
CN 0910  
− liquorice root and liquorice extract:  CN 130212 and CN 170490  
 The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/354 (4 August 2009) and amended in 
G/SPS/N/EEC/354/Add.1 (18 August 2009) has been adopted as "Commission Regulation (EU) No 105/2010 of 5 February 2010 amending Regul ation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels 
for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as regards ochratoxin A" (OJ L 35, 6 February 2010, pp.7-8). 
 The text can be downloaded from the internet address indicated below: 
 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:035:0007:0008:EN:PDF
 
 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:035:0007:0008:FR:PDF  
 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010: 035:0007:0008:ES:PDF  
 or  http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_0974_00_e.pdf
 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_0974_00_f.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_0974_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/EEC/354/Add.3 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [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 1049 Brussels, Belgium Tel:  +(32 (0)) 2 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32 (0)) 2 29 98090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu   
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [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 
1049 Brussels, Belgium 
Tel:  +(32 (0)) 2 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32 (0)) 2 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu   
  
 
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