G/TBT/N/EU/1015  
27 September 2023  
(23-6449) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  Products 
or final materials that come into contact with water intended for human consumption  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Implementing Decision laying down rules for the appli cation of Directive (EU) 
2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards methodologies for 
testing and accepting starting substances, compositions and constituents to be included 
in the European positive lists; (5 page(s), in English), ( 45 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission decision will establish methodologies to 
test and accept substances, constituents and compositions that are safe to be used in 
materials that come into contact with drinking water.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of this measure is to protect human health by establishing 
testing methodologies and pass/fail criteria for substances, constituents and compositions 
that can be used in materials that come into contact with drinking water; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 
2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) (Text with EEA 
relevance). More specifically its Article 11  G/TBT/N/EU/1015  
 
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  https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=C ELEX%3A32020L2184&qid=1690899415855  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU. The provisions shall apply from 31 December 2026.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattac hments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_12652_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_12652_01_e.pdf