WORLD TRADE
G/SPS/N/EEC/380
28 July 2010
ORGANIZATION
(10-4040)
Committee on Sanitary and 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 number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Semen of animal of the ovine and caprine species (CN 0511 99 85)
4.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[]
All trading partners
[X]
Specific regions or countries: Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Greenland,
Croatia, Iceland, New Zealand, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and United States
5.
Title of the notified document: Draft Commission Decision of *** on imports of semen,
ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species into the Union" Language:
English Number of pages: 22
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2912_00_e.pdf
6.
Description of content: The purpose of this Decision is to align accordingly the model
health certificates for imports into the Union of ova, embryos and semen of animals of the
ovine and caprine species taking into account the amendments made to Directive
92/65/EEC by Directive 2008/73/EC and Regulation (EU) No 176/2010 and therefore to
repeal Decision 2008/635/EC.
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 standard? 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 of the OIE
[]
International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)
[]
None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
. /.
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If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
9.
10.
Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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"Commission Regulation (EU) No 176/2010 of 2 March 2010 amending Annex D to
Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards semen collection and storage centres, embryo
collection and production teams, and conditions for donor animals of the equine, ovine
and caprine species and for handling semen, ova and embryos of those species"
(OJ L 52, 3 March 2010, p.14)
http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:052:0014:0027:EN:PDF
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"Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements
governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and
embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community
rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (OJ L 268, 14 September
1992, p. 54), and in particular Article 17(2)(b), Article 17(3), the first indent of
Article 18(1), and the introductory phrase and point (b) of Article 19 thereof"
http://eurlex.europa.eu/Notice.do?val=186121:cs&lang=en&list=489159:cs,207326:cs,195780:c
s,186121:cs,&pos=4&page=1&nbl=4&pgs=10&hwords
Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 15 August 2010
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 20 August 2010
11.
Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or
(dd/mm/yy): 1 September 2010
[X]
12.
Trade facilitating measure
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 - International 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 - International 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