SPS Notification: Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards requirements for the import of used cooking oil G/SPS/N/EU/781

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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): Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included. (HS code(s): 1518); Municipal waste (HS code(s): 382510)

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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 Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards requirements for the import of used cooking oil (Text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English.Number of pages: 4+5

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_04412_00_e.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_04412_01_e.pdf

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Description of content: The draft on animal health requirements for imports of used cooking oil intended for technical uses (production of renewable fuels and oleochemical products) introduces harmonized EU requirements and replaces current national rules of 27 EU member States.

The main objective of the draft is prevention of entry of used cooking oil into feed for farmed animals within the European Union and thereby to mitigate potential biological hazards in feed.

The draft introduced the following requirements:

• A consignment of used cooking oil must come from a registered storage or collection plant listed in the EU TRACES system；
• A consignment must be presented at an EU veterinary border control post and be monitored in the European Union until reaches its place of destination after import;
• A consignment of used cooking oil must be accompanied by a commercial declaration signed by the importers stated that used cooking oil is not intended for feeding farmed animals and that water and solid particles of more than 6 mm, to reach a combined amount of moisture and solid particles of not more than 10% w/w* at the time of dispatch.

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Objective and rationale: [ ] 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:

[ ]        Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):

[X]      World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number): Article 6.4.2.

[ ]        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): Second quarter 2025

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Second quarter 2025

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): 24 months from 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): 6 September 2024

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