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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.6
11 November 2003
(03-6046)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 7 November 2003, has been received from the
European Communities.
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Animal by-products and products derived therefrom not intended for human consumption
The European Communities notified in document G/SPS/N/EEC/103 (24 November 2000) a
regulatory proposal that later became Regulation (EC) No.1774/2002 of th e European Parliament and
of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down he alth rules concerning animal by-products not
intended for human consumption (Official Journal L273, 10/10/2002 pp.1-95).  This regulation
established conditions to ensure that the products imported from a third country are of a hygiene
standard equal, or equivalent to, the standards applied by the European Communities and to this aim it
introduced a system of approval for the third countries and their establishments, an EC inspection (oraudit) procedure, and model health certificates, which must accompany the imported products.  Itentered into force on 1 November 2002 and applied on 1 May 2003.
In response to comments received from third coun tries, and with a view to help them to fully
comply with all its provisions, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No.812/2003 of 12 May
2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No.1774/2002 of the European Parliament andof the Council as regards the importation and transit of certain products from third countries (Official
Journal L117, 13/05/2003 pp.19-21 ), notification G/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.3 (28 May 2003), laying
down a general "transitional period" for third countries lasting until 31 December 2003, and
permitting existing EU rules on imports to co ntinue to apply during the transitional period.
Now, as consequence of further comments, the European Communities put forward a Draft
proposal on transitional measures under Regulati on (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, as regards the import and transit of certain products from certain third countries
(SANCO/4076/2003 R4) that introduces further transitional arrangement for Australia, Canada, China
and USA from which, the EC Member States shall temporarily continue to accept consignments of
products referred to in Annexes VII and VIII of that Regulation, provided that certain conditions are
met.
- Proposed date of adoption: December 2003
- Proposed date of application: 1 January 2004
- Final date for comments: 45 days from date of notificationG/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.6
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The notified document can be obtained from the EEC Enquiry Point.  They can also be
downloaded from Eur-Lex in http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/
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