 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/247/Add.1 
18 November 2004 
 (04-5005) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 15 November 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Communities .  
 
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Roasted coffee beans, ground roasted coffee and so luble coffee, wine, grape juice and grape must.
 
  The proposal notified in document number G/SPS/N/EEC/247 " Draft Commission Regulation 
amending Commission Regulation (EC) N°. 466/2 001 of 8 March 2001 setting maximum levels for 
certain contaminants in foodstu ffs as regards ochratoxin A " (dated 1 September 2004) has been 
modified to incorporate comments received from WTO members.  In the amended proposal,  
 
• The date of application of the regulation is delayed until 1
st April 2005 to allow adaptation of 
trade to the proposed measures. 
• The proposed MRL for wine (red, white and ro se) and other wine and/or grape must based 
beverages will only apply to products ha rvested from year 2005 onwards, to take 
consideration of agricultural and oenological practices worldwide (i.e. wine produced from 
grapes harvested in 2004 in the southern  hemisphere will not be affected). 
 
 
Important Notice  
The EC takes the opportunity to remind Members of  the SPS Agreement that they can submit results 
of scientific studies concerning the risks to human he alth of Ochratoxins A any time.  These studies 
will be submitted to the European Food Safety Au thority (EFSA) for an eval uation of the assessment 
of the risk.  The EFSA provides independent scien tific advice and clear communication on existing 
and emerging risks, in close collaboration with EC national authorities and in  open consultation with 
its stakeholders. 
 
 The notified document can be obtained from the EC Enquiry Point:  sps@cec.eu.int  . 
  
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