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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/176
2 October 2002
(02-5270)
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:   Commission of the European Communities. Health & Consumer
Protection Directorate-General, Directorate E – Food Safety: Plant Health, Animal Health
and Welfare, International questions
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):   Smoke flavourings (ICS 67.220)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communities (EC) and countries exporting the products
concerned to the European Communities
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Document COM(2002)
400 final – 2002/0163 (COD) Proposal  for a European Parliament and Council Regulation on
smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on food (22 pages)
6. Description of content:   Free circulation of smoke flavourings and primary preparations
which must conform to high standards on protection of human health and consumer’s
interest. Prior to the market the products are subject to a safety evaluation by the European
Food Safety Authority. This Community approval will replace the existing diverging national
schemes.
This proposal seeks for completion of Council (framework) Directive 88/388/EEC on
flavourings by adopting the appropriate provisi ons concerning smoke flavouring, the source
materials used for their production, the reacti on conditions for their preparation and the
foodstuffs in which they may be used.
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. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
This proposal follows the Council of Europe guidelines on Smoke flavourings, as well as the
advise provided by the Scientific Committee for Food [available athttp://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scf/index_en.html ]G/SPS/N/EEC/176
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   European
Commission Document COM(2002) 400 final – 2002/0163 (COD) "Proposal for a European
Parliament and Council Regulation on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on
food") (Available in all EC languages).  When adopted it will be published at the Official
Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html
10. Proposed date of adoption:   June 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   June 2003
12. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation of the notification
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  EC enquiry point, or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Texts are available from Eur-Lex http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html .  The
corresponding link for the EN FR and ES versions are given below :
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0400en01.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0400fr01.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/es/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0400es01.pdf