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The National Animal Health Service (SENASA) and the State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) announce temporary adjustments to normal technical procedures to ensure that they do not become an unnecessary obstacle to foreign trade and domestic supply in times of crisis.
The notified Circular authorizes officials from the Animal Health Service and the State Phytosanitary Service to review documents using copies of the original documents, which may be either printouts or simple photocopies, in order to avoid unduly slowing down trade flows during the COVID-19 international epidemiological emergency.

It covers live animals, products and by-products of animal origin, their derivatives and waste products, hazardous substances, animal feed and veterinary medicines, or biotechnological material of animal origin; plants and plant products, basic commodities, as well as other non-plant materials, where applicable.

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance bromoxynil, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 540/2011.
This draft Commission Implementing Regulation provides that the approval of the active substance bromoxynil is not renewed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009. EU Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing bromoxynil as an active substance. The non-renewal of approval is based on the first evaluation of the substance for use as a pesticide active substance in the EU under Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009. The substance was formerly assessed and approved under Directive 91/414/ EEC.

In order for an active substance to be approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market), it must be demonstrated that the substance is not harmful to human health, animal health or the environment. (...)
During the evaluation and peer-review of bromoxynil, a number of concerns and areas that could not be finalised were identified. These are detailed in the conclusion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) .

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance mancozeb, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011.
This draft Commission Implementing Regulation provides that the approval of the active substance mancozeb is not renewed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Existing authorisations of plant protection products containing mancozeb will be withdrawn and such products can then no longer be placed on the market. The non-renewal of the approval is based on a scientific assessment conducted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 by experts from the Member States of the European Union and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) .

This decision only concerns the placing on the market of mancozeb and plant protection products containing it. Following non-renewal of approval and the expiry of all grace periods for stocks of products containing this substance, separate action will be taken to swiftly lower all existing MRLs to the limit of quantification and a separate notification will be made in accordance with SPS procedures (...)

In order for an active substance to be approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market), it must be demonstrated that the substance is not harmful to human health, animal health or the environment (...) During the evaluation and peer-review of mancozeb, a number of concerns were identified. These are detailed in a statement of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance benfluralin, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011.
his draft Commission Implementing Regulation provides that the approval of the active substance benfluralin is not renewed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. EU Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing benfluralin as an active substance.

In order for an active substance to be approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market), it must be demonstrated that the substance is not harmful to human health, animal health or the environment
(...)
During the evaluation and peer-review of benfluralin, a number of concerns and areas that could not be finalised were identified. These are detailed in the conclusion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) . In particular a long-term risk to birds and mammals including the risk from secondary poisoning of earthworm-eating birds and mammals was identified as a critical area of concern.

Furthermore, a long-term risk to aquatic organisms from benfluralin even when applying mitigation measures and the long-term risk to aquatic organisms from metabolites 371R and 372R could not be excluded. Finally, a genotoxic potential of an impurity cannot be excluded since the technical specification, including the level of that impurity, was not supported by the toxicological assessment.

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance benalaxyl, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011.
This draft Commission Implementing Regulation provides that the approval of the active substance benalaxyl is not renewed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. EU Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing benalaxyl as an active substance.

In order for an active substance to be approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No.1107/2009 (concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market), it must be demonstrated that the substance is not harmful to human health, animal health or the environment (...)

In Particular, the Authority could not exclude the potential groundwater contamination by relevant metabolites and identified as a critical area of concern a long-term risk to birds and earthworm-eating birds from secondary poisoning from benalaxyl. Additionally, the Authority identified concerns in relation to the risk to in-field and off-field non-target arthropods for all representative uses (...)

Draft Commission Regulation amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs as regards food allergen management, redistribution of food and food safety culture.
The revision aims at adapting the Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs to new trends and priorities related to food safety that emerged at EU and global level. In particular:
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2. Facilitating food donation is a mean of preventing food waste and promoting food security, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Food donations. Since redistributing of food for donations might be accompanied by certain hazards, it requires additional general food safety measures as identified in the 2018 EFSA "Second scientific opinion on hazard analysis approaches for certain small retail establishments and food donations".
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for animal health requirements for movements within the Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs (Text with EEA relevance).
The notified Regulation supplements rules that are already laid down in Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/429) concerning animal health requirements for movements within the European Union of terrestrial animals and hatching eggs. (...) The rules have been adapted to the new legal framework, taking account of lessons learned, updates of international standards, scientific progress and recent EFSA opinions.
In that regard it lays down:
(a) biosecurity measures for the means of transport and containers transporting terrestrial animals and hatching eggs in the EU;
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and emerging diseases (Text with EEA relevance) .
The notified Regulation supplements rules that are already laid down in the EU Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/429) concerning surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status in the European Union for certain listed and emerging diseases.
In that regard it lays down:
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(f) the detailed rules for surveillance and biosecurity measures to be implemented by competent authorities and operators in the EU for maintaining disease-free status of EU Member States, zones and compartments;
(g) supplementary rules for the suspension, withdrawal and restoration of disease-free status in the EU;
(h) rules necessary to ensure a smooth transition from the rules existing prior to the Animal Health Law.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1497 of 15 October 2020 concerning the authorisation of L-methionine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80 184 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80 096 as a feed additive for all animal species.(Text with EEA relevance).

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition. In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 an application was submitted for the authorisation of L-methionine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80 184 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80 096 as a feed additive for use in feed for all animal species (...) he European Food Safety Authority ('the Authority') concluded in its opinion of 12 November 2019(2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, L-methionine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80 184 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80 096 does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment (...)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1772 of 26 November 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2469 laying down administrative and scientific requirements for applications referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (Text with EEA relevance).
The measure concerns an amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2469 to take into account the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain.