WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/208/Add.2
26 January 2004
(04-0272)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 21 January 2004, is being circulated at the request of the
Delegation of the European Communities.
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Bees ( Apis mellifera and Bombus spp. ), hives, queens with or without attendants, and bee-keeping
material
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/208 (dated 25 July 2003) modified later to take
account of comments received from WTO Members (G/SPS/N/EEC/208/Add.1 of 27 October 2003)
has been adopted as Commission Decision 2003/881/EC of 11 December 2003 concerning the animal
health and certification conditions for imports of be es (Apis mellifera and Bombus spp.) from certain
third countries and repealing Decision 2000/462/EC (Official Journal of the EC, L328, Volume 46,
17 December 2003 pages 26-31).
The full text can be downloaded from the internet address indicated below:
English: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_328/l_32820031217en00260031.pdf
French: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/fr/oj/dat/2003/l_328/l_32820031217fr00260031.pdf
Spanish: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/es/oj/dat/2003/l_328/l_32820031217es00260031.pdf
The notified document can also be obtained from the EC Enquiry Point.
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