Second meeting of the Trade Specialised Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, 19 October 2022: agenda
Updated 18 October 2024
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