NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
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Notifying Member: European Union |
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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): Terrestrial animals, aquatic animals germinal products, products of animal origin and animal by-products. |
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: [X] All trading partners |
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Title of the notified document: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases (Text with EEA Relevance). Language(s): English, French, Spanish. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_5011_00_s.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_5011_00_f.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_5011_00_e.pdf |
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Description of content: The notified Regulation supplements rules that are already laid down in the EU Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/429) concerning the prevention and control of certain listed diseases in the EU. The rules laid down in this Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/687) set out disease control measures, which will apply in the Union in case of outbreaks of animal diseases with serious effects on the livestock. This Regulation is largely 'taking over' rules currently laid down in existing Union acts establishing the disease control measures in the event of such animal diseases occurring in the EU. It incorporates new available scientific knowledge, based on the opinions from EFSA, gained experience and updates the conditions in line with the new EU animal health policy framework and international standards. In that regard it lays down the rules for certain animal diseases as regards: (a) disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official confirmation of a disease in kept terrestrial and aquaculture animals in the EU; (b) the establishment of restricted zones in the event of official confirmation of a disease in kept animals in the EU; (c) disease control measures and the repopulation of the restricted zones in the event of official confirmation of a disease in the EU; (d) disease control measures in the event of suspicion and official confirmation of a disease in wild terrestrial and aquatic animals in the EU; |
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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests. |
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Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: |
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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): OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2019), General principles: Chapter 4.1., Articles 4.4.3 to 4.4.7 and 4.13.2; and OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code (2019), General principles: Chapter 4.6, Articles 4.1.3 and 4.7.4. [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number): 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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Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable): 23 June 2020 / 21 April 2021; Date of adoption: 17/12/2019; Date of publication: 03/06/2020 |
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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 D2-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(322) 295 4263 Fax: +(322) 299 8090 |
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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 D2-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(322) 295 4263 Fax: +(322) 299 8090 |