WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/184/Add.1
23 December 2003
(03-6732)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 19 December 2003, is being circulated at the request of
the Delegation of the European Communities.
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Live sheep and goats (CN 0104)
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards trade
in ovine and caprine animals for breeding  (O.J. No. L147, 31 May 2001 pp. 1-40) notified in
G/SPS/N/EEC/72 (16 April 1999) establishes, among ot her things, the import conditions related to the
risks of TSEs exposure of ovine and caprine animals for breeding. Thereafter, this regulation has been
modified twice by Commission  Regulation (EC) No 270/2002 of 14 February 2002 amending
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the C ouncil as regards specified risk
material and epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending
Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001 as re gards animal feeding and the plac ing on the market of ovine and
caprine animals and products thereof  (O. J. No. L45, 15 February 2002 pp. 4-15) notified in
G/SPS/N/EEC/133 Rev.1 Add.1 (27 March 2002) and by Commission Regulati on (EC) No 650/2003 of
10 April 2003 amending Regulation (E C) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
as regards the import of live ovine and caprine animals  (O.J. No. L95, 11 April 2003 pp. 15-16) notified
in G/SPS/N/EEC/184 (8 January 2003)
Now, the European Commission proposes new conditions for import of breeding sheep and
goats from outside the EC.  The proposed measures tig htens up the rules regarding the type of animals
which can enter holdings eligible to trade or export animals, provides certain exemptions for animals
expressing the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype and imposes stricter monitoring requirements on the
holdings.  The provisions of this draft Regulati on are in line with the requirements for scrapie free
establishments as laid down in Article 2.4.8.4 of the OIE's Terrestrial Animal Health Code  (TAHC).  No
scrapie free country or zone has yet been recognised by OIE.
- Proposed date of adoption: March 2003
- Proposed date of application: 1 July 2004
- Final date for comments: 60 days from date of notification
The notified document (SANCO/4560/2003 Rev.5) Draft Commission Re gulation amending
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council as regards
trade in ovine and caprine animals for breeding ) can be obtained from the EC Enquiry Point.
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