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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/175
1 October 2002
(02-5277)
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):   Jelly confectionery including jelly- mini-cups containing the food additive
E 425 konjac [ICS 67.220.20]
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the
products concerned to the European Communities
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposal for a Directive
of the European Parliament and of the Counc il amending Directive 95/2/EC as regards the
conditions of use for a food additive E 425 konjac. (Doc SANCO/2002/2051) (2 pages)
6. Description of content:   Based on the information exchanged through the Rapid Alert
System, several member States informed the Commission on the temporarily banning from
their markets of jelly mini cups cont aining E 425 konjac due to choking hazard.
Therefore, the placing on the market and the import of jelly confectionery containing this
additive had been suspended Community-w ide through Commi ssion Decision 2002/247/EC
(cf. Notification G/SPS/N/EEC/164). The present amendment aims at aligning the specific
Directive on food additives other than co lours and sweeteners with the Decision.
Consequently it is necessary to amend Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than
colours and sweeteners in order to restrict the conditions of use for the above food additive.
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:G/SPS/N/EEC/175
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   European
Commission Document SANCO/2002/2051 "Propos al for a Directive of the European
Parliament and of the Council amending Direc tive 95/2/EC as regards the conditions of use
for a food additive E 425 konjac" (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:   20 days after publication in the Official Journal
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:
COM/2002/0451 is available (in EN, FR, ES) at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/index.html
Actual texts can be downloaded from:http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0451en01.pdfhttp://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0451en01.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0451en01.pdf