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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): Food-producing equine
animals and certain products of equine animal origin intended for human
consumption
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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: Draft
Commission Implementing Regulation amending Annex III to Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2020/2235 and Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU)
2021/403 as regards model certificates for entry into the Union of
consignments of certain products of domestic solipeds origin intended for
human consumption and certain categories of equine animals. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 55
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/EEC/25_07363_00_e.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/EEC/25_07363_01_e.pdf
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Description
of content: The draft Implementing
Regulation amends model official certificates and model animal
health/official certificates for the entry into the Union of consignments of
certain products of domestic solipeds origin intended for human consumption
and certain categories of equine animals to reflect Article 3, point (a), and
Article 11 of Council Directive 96/22 prohibiting respectively the
administration of the substances listed in Annex II to that Directive to
equine animals intended for human consumption and the import to the Union
from third countries of such animals which have been administered those
substances.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] 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:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[X] None
Does
this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[ ] 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): 31 March 2026
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 30 April 2026
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
20 days after the date of publication.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 30 December 2025
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
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