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WTO notification · TBT

European UnionProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Plants and plant products, Live animals and animal

Official title

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 1829/2003, (EC) No 1831/2003, (EC) No 852/2004, (EC) No 853/2004, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1099/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2017/625 as regards the simplification and strengthening of food and feed safety requirements (Text with EEA relevance) (COM(2025) 1030 final) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (

The European Union notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 9 March 2026. The comment period closed on 8 May 2026.

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At a glance

Products

This proposal amends a broad range of legislations with their various product coverages, as indicatively listed below: Food and feed obtained using genetically modified organisms, as covered by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, as covered by Regulation (EC)

Notifying member
European Union
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 9 March 2026. Check WTO ePing or the European Union for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of animal or plant life or health
  • Protection of the environment
  • Harmonization
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/EU/1196
ICS classification
  • 65.020.20 Plant growing
  • 65.020.30 Animal husbandry and breeding
  • 65.120 Animal feeding stuffs
  • 71.100 Products of the chemical industry

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 8 May 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU

How to comment

The comment period closed on 8 May 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/EU/1196; it can take them up with the European Union.

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What the notification says

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003: clarification of legal status of food and feed obtained using genetically modified microorganisms. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003: the draft act provides for 1) unlimited duration of authorisation of feed additives (except coccidiostats and histomonostats) accompanied by safety safeguards, 2) simplification and clarification of procedures for modification of feed additives authorisations and 3) allowing digital labelling of feed additives and premixtures for certain non-safety information. Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009: this part of the proposal removes the obligation in Article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 for Member States to submit a separate annual report on depopulation operations. Information on compliance with animal welfare requirements during depopulation activities will instead continue to be reported through the existing annual reports under Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls. Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001: the proposal will make more flexible Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 to ensure that the control measures of that disease can be updated in a swifter and more proportionate manner to enable that it becomes more science-based and more aligned with the relevant Chapter 11.4 of the WOAH Terrestrial Code. Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012: The draft Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 proposes to extend the data…

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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