G/SPS/N/EU/524  
 
7 December 2021  
(21-9180) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
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):  HS Code(s): 39  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Regulation on recycled plastic 
materials and articles i ntended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation 
(EC) No 282/2008 (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  49 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_7597_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_7597_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The regulation concerns the placing on the market of plastic 
materials and articles with recycled/secondary plastic content intended for use in contact 
with food. It sets out rules for the manufacture thereof, suitable recycling technologies, 
recycling processes, recycling installations, plastic waste, collection and s orting of plastic 
input and the decontamination thereof, and the use of the plastic output, quality control, 
registration of business operators and enforcement, with the purpose to ensure that the 
recycled content in the final plastic materials and article s intended for contact with food do 
not cause harm to the consumers of those foods, or change their quality or organoleptic 
properties. The Regulation repeals Regulation (EC) No 282/2008, which it will replace.  
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. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commis sion (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/EU/524  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international stand ard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 15 June 2022 (foreseen)  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2022 (foreseen)  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 February 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu