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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/153
14 February 2002
(02-0765)
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, General Directorate 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). Pre-packaged foodstuffs to be delivered as such to the ultimate consumer or
intended for supply to restaurants, cantines and other similar mass caterers.  Regions or
countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Member States of
the European Communities and countries trading with the EC.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: COM(2001) 433 final [2001/0199
(COD)] Proposal for a Directive of the Europ ean Parliament and of the Council amending
Directive 2000/13/EC regarding the ingredients present in foodstuffs;  13 pages.
5.Description of content:
All ingredients present in foodstuffs must be declared in the list of ingredients, included all
sub-ingredients of compound ingredients. However, provisions are made for some
exemptions, although the proposal set up a list of ingredients for which no exemption could
be admitted (allergenic ingredients).
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 [   ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations: Codex Alimentarius (General standard for the
labelling of pre-packaged foodstuffs);  as a labelling provision, the draft has been notified
also as G/TBT/N/EEC/11.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Proposal for a
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/13/EC
regarding the ingredients present in foodstuffs; 13 pages. COM(2001) 433 final [2001/0199(COD)] Official Journal C332E , 27/11/2001 P.257 – 259
9. Proposed date of adoption by the European Parliament and the Council:
1 January 2003
10. Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2004.G/SPS/N/EEC/153
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11. Final date for comments: Sixty days after the date of notification.
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:
The proposal is available from Eur-lex at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/index.html
English: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2001/en_501PC0433.pdf
French: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/com/pdf/2001/fr_501PC0433.pdf
Spanish: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/es/com/pdf/2001/es_501PC0433.pdf