WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/EEC/41
3March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0876)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
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
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable):
CNcode: Chapter 23
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document:
Draft Commission Decision amending Decision 91/516/EEC establishing alistof
ingredients whose useisprohibited incompound feedingstuffs 6p.
5. Description ofcontent: Toextend thelistofingredients whose useisprohibited in
compound feedingstuffs tothebanoftheuse,already atthefeedingstuffs 'production
stage, ofprotein obtained from mammalian tissue incompound feedingstuffs for
ruminants.
6. Objective andrationale:
Health protection against BSE-Forpractical reasons andtoensure legalconsistency,
thebanonthefeeding ofcertain protein obtained from mammalian tissue toruminants
which already exists inveterinary lawshould accordingly beincluded infeedingstuffs
law.
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [X].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents andlanguage(s) inwhich these areavailable:
VI/4837/96 rev.6 willbepublished intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean
Communities when adopted.
9. Proposed date ofadoption: 1stMay1997
10. Proposed date ofentry intoforce: 1stJuly1997
11. Final date forcomments: 15april1997
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments: European Commission
12. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress, telefax number andE-mail
address (ifavailable) ofother body:
European Community Enquiry Point