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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/145
4 December 2001
(01-6174)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and
Consumer Protection
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  (a) Materials and articles made of any type of plastics; (b) Materials and
articles covered by surface coatings;  and (c) Adhesives.  Any food in contact with them.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EC
member States and third countries exporting to the European Communities
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission Directive on the
use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with
foodstuffs (11 pages)
5. Description of content:  This draft Directive regulates the use and/or presence of BADGE,
BFDGE and NOGE in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and
will replace Directive 2001/61/EEC which was notified as G/SPS/N/EEC/127 on the
4 May 2001.  It also sets the principles of the methods of analysis for BADGE, BFDGE and
NOGE and provides for a transitional period for materials and articles, which are
manufactured and brought into contact with foodstuffs before the date of the enforcement of
the Directive.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document  (SANCO/2001/2780)  (Available in all EC languages)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End February 2002
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Beginning of April 2002G/SPS/N/EEC/145
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11. Final date for comments:  14 December 2001.  Comments may be welcome at any time.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: Further to
Document SANCO/2001/2780, informa tion relevant to this proposal can be found in the
opinions and minutes of the Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scf/index_en.html  and on the Website of the Joint
Research Center at http://cpf.jrc.it/webpack/ .
The opinion of the SCF on Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) is in:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scf/out28_en.html