G/SPS/N/EU/372  
 
5 March 2020  
(20-1749) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
3. 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):  Materials and art icles in contact with food including catering 
containers and materials and articles in contact with drinking water (HS Code(s) 3919, 
3920, 3923 and 3924; ICS Code 67.250)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Regulation amending and correcting 
Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact 
with food (Text with EEA Relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 + 10  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_1804_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_1804_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
This Regulation:  
Authorises 4 new substances; updates and adds limits to the general list of migration 
limits applicable to all plastics in point 1 of An nex II, including on lead, cadmium and 
mercury; lowers detection limits for primary aromatic amines; strengthens the information 
requirements under point 6 of Annex IV; adds testing rules for food processing equipment 
and appliances; requires that specific  migration does not increase between subsequent 
tests for repeated use materials and articles; adds a new standard testing condition for 
overall migration; and,corrects some of the wording related to overall migration testing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. 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) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Conventio n (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/EU/372  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : July 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : August 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 May 2020  
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: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. 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: +(32 2) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu