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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): HS Code 2309 preparation of a kind used in animal nutrition.

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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) 2024/1199 of 18 April 2024 concerning the authorisation of manganese(II) – betaine complex as a feed additive for all animal species.. Language(s): English-French-Spanish. Number of pages: 4 pages

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_02778_00_e.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_02778_00_f.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_02778_00_s.pdf

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Description of content: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1199 authorises manganese(II) – betaine complex as a feed additive in the category 'nutritional additives' and in the functional group 'compounds of trace elements', 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): 18 April 2024

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 22 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 that of 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