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29 June 2022  
(22-5048) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 29 June 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the European Union . 
 
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Rules for the performance of official controls as regards contaminants in food  
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/543 (7 February 2022) is now adopted by Commission Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2022/931 of 23 March 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council by laying down rules for the performance of official controls 
as regards contaminants in food (Text with EEA relevance) [OJ L 162, 17 June 2022, p. 7].  
The Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2023.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4413_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/ 22_4413_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4413_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:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the 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, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the adden dum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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 Co mmission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  G/SPS/N/EU/543/Add.1  
 
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  E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
Text(s) 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 Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
 
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