WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/EEC/28
3July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2537)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION OFEMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member toAgreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: European Commission -Directorate General forAgriculture and
Rural Development
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with the
WTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Thefollowing ofUKorigin:
1.livebovine animals andtheirembryos,
2.meatofbovine animals slaughtered inUK,
3.products obtained from bovine animals slaughtered inUKwhich areliable toenter
theanimal feedorhuman food chain, andmaterials destined foruseinmedicinal
products, cosmetics orpharmaceutical products, withtheexception ofgelatin, di-calcium
phosphate, amino acides andpeptides produced from hides andskins, tallow andtallow
products, produced according totheconditions setdown intheAnnex toCommission
Decision 96/362/96,
4.mammalian derived metandbone-meal.
4. Title and number ofpages ofthenotified document: Commission Decision of
27March 1996 onemergency measures toprotect against bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (2pages), asmodified byCommission Decision 96/362/EC of
11June1996 (4pages)
5. Description ofcontent: Safeguard decision prohibiting thetrade oftheproducts in(3)
above from theUK.
6. Objective andrationale: Temporary measures pending anoverall examination ofthe
situation inthelightofnewinformation.
7. Nature oftheurgent problem(s): Newinformation ontheappearance ofcertain cases of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease intheUK
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8. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations: Atthetimeoftheadoption ofCommission Decision 96/239/EC the
OIECode wasbased ontheinformation available prior tothepublication ofnew
information ontheappearance ofcertain cases ofCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease intheUK.
Itwastherefore necessary totakecertain measures pending afullevaluation ofthe
relevant facts.
TheOIECode wasamended inMay1996. Inthelightofthisandonthebasis ofa
scientific evaluation andfollowing identification oftheprecise andsafemethods of
production forsome products, theCommission haspartially lifted thebanthrough
Commission Decision 96/362/EC.
9. Relevant documents andlanguage(s) inwhich these areavailable: Commission Decision
96/239/EC -Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities NoL78of28.3.96, p.47
Commission Decision 96/362/EC -Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities No
L139 of28.3.96, p.17
Available inFR,EN,ES,NL,DE,IT,DA,SV,PT,FI,EL
10. Date ofentry intoforce/period ofapplication (asapplicable): 27.3.96 (Dec. 96/239/EC) -
11.6.96 (Dec. 96/362/EC)
11. Texts available from/and agency orauthority designated tohandle comments: National
enquiry point [X]oraddress, telefax number andE-mail address (ifavailable) ofother
body: