. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/220
31 October 2003
(03-5805)
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 Directorat e-General 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):  CN Code 1500, Liquid oils and fats in bulks
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communitie s (EEC) and third countries exporting the
products concerned to the European Communities
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Directive amending Commission Directive 96/3/EC granting a derogation from certain
provisions of Council Direc tive 93/43/EEC on the hygiene of foodstuffs as regards the
transport of bulk liquid oils and fats by sea, SANCO/3917/2003 Rev.1 (Available in English,
9 pages)
6. Description of content:  As result of this amendment, four substances (cyclohexanol, 2,3-
butanediol, iso-butanol and nonane) are remove d from the list of acceptable previous cargoes
and five new substances (acetic anhydride,  ammonium polyphosphate, propylene tetramer,
propyl alcohol, sodium silicate)  are included.  In addition, ten substances (methyl laurate,
methyl palmitate, methyl stearate, methyl oleate, iso-decanol, iso-nonanol, iso-octanol,
montan wax, paraffin wax and white mineral oils) are maintained in the list as provisionally
accepted pending a re-evaluation to be carried out within an adequate period of time on the
basis of new scientific data.
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  To the extent possible, this proposal conforms
the "Recommended International Code of Pract ice for the Storage and Transport of Edible
Fats and Oils in Bulk (Draft List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes)" ALINORM 01/17.G/SPS/N/EEC/220
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document SANCO/ 3917/2003 Rev.1 (Available in all EC languages).  When
adopted it will be published at the Oficial Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-
lex/en/oj/index.html
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Around the end of November
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   On the 20th day following publication of the Directive in
the Official Journal of the Europ ean Union, around the end of January 2004.
12. Final date for comments:  45 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: