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Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General

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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Preparation of a kind used in animal nutrition (HS code: 2309)

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1070 of 12 April 2024 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of 25‑hydroxycholecalciferol produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008 for chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening, other poultry and pigs and the authorisation of that preparation for ruminants and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 887/2009. Language(s): English, French and Spanish. Number of pages: 6

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_02763_00_e.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_02763_00_f.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_02763_00_s.pdf

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Description of content: The preparation specified in this Act was initially authorized for a period of ten years as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening, other poultry and pigs in the category 'nutritional additives' and in the functional group 'vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect'. An application was submitted for the renewal of this authorization and another one for the authorization of a new use of that preparation for ruminants. Further to the favourable assessment by the European Food Safety Authority, the authorization of these preparations is renewed, subject to certain conditions.

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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X]       Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text): Code of practice on Good Animal Feeding CAC/RCP 54-2004

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):

[ ]        None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 12 April 2024

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 15 April 2024

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): This Regulation will enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

[X]     Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e‑mail address (if available) of other body:

European Commission

DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations

Rue Froissart 101

B-1049 Brussels

Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263

E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu

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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e‑mail address (if available) of other body:

European Commission

DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations

Rue Froissart 101

B-1049 Brussels

Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263

E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu