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Second meeting of the Trade Specialised Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, 19 October 2022: agenda

Updated 18 December 2023

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Venue

Brussels and by videoconference.

Time

  • 9:30am to 3pm (British Summer Time, BST)
  • 10:30am to 4pm (Central European Summer Time, CEST)

1. Opening remarks

2. General principles and import conditions and procedures

  • information from the UK on its future sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) import controls regime
  • import into the EU of class B live bivalve molluscs and seed potatoes from Great Britain
  • EU requirements for the movement of pets from Great Britain
  • UK update on the process for recognition of tapeworm-free status of third countries

3. Official certification

  • certification requirements for animals and animal products imported into Great Britain
  • progress of electronic SPS export certification for trade between the EU and Great Britain

4. Adaptation to regional conditions

  • progress of discussions on the exchange of information for the recognition of regionalisation measures for terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases and for the lifting of restrictions
  • movement of day-old chicks from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) restricted areas

5. Transparency and exchange of information

  • UK’s safeguard measure in relation to African swine fever
  • UK’s safeguard measure in relation to commercial movement of pets from Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Belarus
  • state of play of the use by the UK of the European Commission’s Market Access Database to exchange information on access to the Great Britain market

6. Cooperation

  • multilateral international fora: SPS declaration of 12th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference
  • antimicrobial resistance

7. Conclusions

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