. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/191
3 March 2003
(03-1225)
Committee on Sanitary and 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 General Directorate, Directorate E - Food safety: plant health, animal health and
welfare, international questions.
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):  Any foodstuff or feedingstuff of animal or plant origin.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Community (EC) and third countries exporting these
products to the EC.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   COM(2003) 52 final
[2003/0030 (COD)] Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the
Council on official feed and food controls  (114 pages).
6. Description of content:  Further to the texts notified by the EC in:
- G/SPS/N/EEC/94 (18/09/2000) " Proposal 2000/0180 (COD) (presented by the
Commission) for a Regulation of the European parliament and of the council laying down
detailed rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal originintended for human consumption ";
- G/SPS/N/EEC/110 (8 February 2001) COM (2000)716 "Proposal for a Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and
requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Authority, and laying downprocedures in matters of food ";  and
- G/SPS/N/EEC/094/Rev.1 (23/07/2002) " Proposal COM(2002)377 (presented by the
Commission) for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down
specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended
for human consumption ".
the proposal notified hereby aims to facilitate trade by creating the basis for a global and
uniform approach towards the verification of compliance with food law and feed law within
the EC and setting the foundations for a common comprehensive basis for organising the
official controls of food and feed (a) within the EC and (b) imported from third countries.  To
this aim it also simplifies and/or replaces numerous existing legislation .G/SPS/N/EEC/191
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7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal he alth, [ X ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest  or disease, [ X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document COM(2003)52.  When a dopted it will be published at the Official
Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html .
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Pending on the European Parliament procedures, an exact date
of adoption cannot be given at this moment. It  is aimed to have the text adopted by June
2003.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 January 2005
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments:  [ X ] EC notification authority,
[   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] EC enquiry point, or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Text available in:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2003/com2003_0052en01.pdf